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Strong’s number: G3900
Greek Lexical Dictionary: Strong’s #3900 – παράπτωμα
Greek Word: παράπτωμα, ατος, τό
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Transliteration: paraptóma
Phonetic Spelling: (par-ap’-to-mah)
Quick Definition: a false step, a trespass
Usage: a falling away, lapse, slip, false step, trespass, sin.
Etymology: from G3895
NASB Translation: transgression (7), transgressions (9), trespass (1), trespasses (3)
New Testament Usage
Strong’s #3900 – παράπτωμα 19 times in 18 verses
Mat 6:14; Mat 6:15; Mar 11:25; Mar 11:26; Rom 4:25; Rom 5:15; Rom 5:16; Rom 5:17; Rom 5:18; Rom 5:20; Rom 11:11; Rom 11:12; 2Co 5:19; Gal 6:1; Eph 1:7; Eph 2:1; Eph 2:5; Col 2:13.
Septuagint: 16 times in 17 verses
Job 35:15; Job 36:9; Psa 18:13; Psa 21:2; Eze 3:20; Eze 14:11; Eze 14:13; Eze 15:8; Eze 18:22; Eze 18:24; Eze 18:26; Eze 20:27; Dan 4:27; Dan 6:5; Dan 6:23; Zec 9:5.
Englishman’s Concordance: παράπτωμα (paraptóma)
Lexicons
Thayer’s G3900: to fall beside or near something; a lapse or deviation from truth and uprightness; a sin, misdeed
Strong’s G3900: a side slip (lapse or deviation), that is, (unintentional) error or (wilful) transgression: – fall, fault, offence, sin, trespass.
Mounce G3900: trespass, transgression, sin against, to sin as a moral failure to keep a command, fig., stepping out of the bounds of God’s law
Related words: G3895 (verb)
Hebrew Equivalent Word: Strong #: 57 ‑ אָבֵל (aw‑bale’); 2248 ‑ חֲבוּלָה (khab‑oo‑law’); 4604 ‑ מַעַל (mah’‑al); 6588 ‑ פֶּשַׁע (peh’‑shah); 7691 ‑ שְׁגִיאָה (sheg‑ee‑aw’); 7960 ‑ שָׁלוּת (shaw‑loo’, shaw‑looth’);
PreceptsAustin: paraptoma
Reference Works
16 Matthew 5:1-3 Poor in Spirit
19 Matthew 5:6 Hunger & thirst for righteousness
24 Matthew 5:17-20 Surpassing the Pharisees
29 Matthew 5:28-42 An Eye for an Eye
31 Matthew 6:1-6; 6:16-18 Giving, Praying & Fasting
34 Matthew 6:12-15 The Lord’s Prayer: Forgiveness
11 2 Peter 2:17-22 Freedom, slavery and sin
08 Romans 6:1-14 Grace and Slavery to Sin
11 Romans 8.1-12 Deliverance from Sin
12 Romans 8:12-25 Grief over Sin
06 Colossians 2:16-23 Passing Judgment
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