What does παραβάτης (parabátēs) mean in the Bible?
παραβάτης (parabátēs) is a Greek word meaning "a violator".
Greek · G3848
παραβάτης
A violator
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παραβάτης G3848
Pronunciation parabátēs
What does παραβάτης (parabátēs) mean in the Bible?
παραβάτης (parabátēs) is a Greek word meaning "a violator".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3848?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [are] a lawbreaker (1), [to be] a lawbreaker (1), break (1), transgressors (1), vvv (1).
Where does παραβάτης (parabátēs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Romans 2:25. Its strongest book concentrations include James (2), Romans (2), Galatians (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It [are] a lawbreaker 1× Romans 2:27
[to be] a lawbreaker 1× Galatians 2:18
break 1× Romans 2:25
transgressors 1× James 2:9
vvv 1× James 2:11
Show sample aligned rows
Romans 2:25 παραβάτης to break Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Romans 2:27 παραβάτην to [are] a lawbreaker Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Galatians 2:18 παραβάτην to [to be] a lawbreaker Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular James 2:9 παραβάται to transgressors Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural James 2:11 παραβάτης to vvv Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Romans 2:25
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 3
Romans 2 Galatians 1 James 2
Source forms
παραβάτην 2x parabatēn Romans 2:27, Galatians 2:18
παραβάτης 2x parabatēs Romans 2:25, James 2:11
παραβάται 1x parabatai James 2:9
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 2x Romans 2:27, Galatians 2:18
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 2x Romans 2:25, James 2:11
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x James 2:9
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a violator
Strong's G3848
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 3 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a violator
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Romans 2:25 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
παραβάτης parabathv
a transgressor
Read verse Romans 2:27 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
παραβάτην parabathn
a transgressor
Read verse Galatians 2:18 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
παραβάτην parabathn
a transgressor
Read verse James 2:9 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
παραβάται. parabatai
a transgressor
Read verse James 2:11 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
παραβάτης parabathv
a transgressor
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 5 Case pattern Nominative (3) Number pattern Singular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Rom 2:25 · Jas 2:11 2×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Jas 2:9 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Rom 2:27 · Gal 2:18 2×
Word Origins
παραβάτης is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain