παράβασις
parabasis (G3847)
transgression
AI Word Study
The Greek word παράβασις (parabasis) is a term that refers to transgression. This concept of departure or going beyond a set boundary highlights a range of potential deviations from expected behavior or norms. In the context of law and justice, parabasis is likely to imply breaking the law or going beyond acceptable limits. The word parabasis occurs seven times in the Greek New Testament, indicating a significant frequency of usage. This could suggest that the concept of transgression plays a prominent role in the message and themes of the New Testament authors. However, more specific inferences depend on the individual contexts in which the term is used. Given its definition and usage in the Bible, parabasis is likely to have connotations of breaking rules, limits, or expectations, potentially with associated consequences or repercussions. This understanding can provide a nuanced perspective on themes related to obedience, behavior, and accountability.
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You who glory in the law, do you dishonor God by disobeying the law?
For the law produces wrath, for where there is no law, neither is there disobedience.
Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those whose sins weren’t like Adam’s disobedience, who is a foreshadowing of him who was to come.
Then why is there the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring should come to whom the promise has been made. It was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.
Adam wasn’t deceived, but the woman, being deceived, has fallen into disobedience;
For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just penalty,
For this reason he is the mediator of a new covenant, since a death has occurred for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, that those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.