What does παραβουλεύομαι (parabouleúomai) mean in the Bible?
παραβουλεύομαι (parabouleúomai): To risk or hazard one's life by exposing oneself to danger, particularly in service.
Greek · G3851
παραβουλεύομαι
To risk
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παραβουλεύομαι G3851
Pronunciation parabouleúomai
What does παραβουλεύομαι (parabouleúomai) mean in the Bible?
παραβουλεύομαι (parabouleúomai): To risk or hazard one's life by exposing oneself to danger, particularly in service.
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How does the BSB render G3851?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include risking (1).
Where does παραβουλεύομαι (parabouleúomai) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Philippians 2:30. Its strongest book concentrations include Philippians (1).
Source Word Evidence
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How English Renders It risking 1× Philippians 2:30
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First aligned row Philippians 2:30
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Philippians 1
Source forms
παραβολευσάμενος 1x paraboleusamenos Philippians 2:30
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Philippians 2:30
Evidence Summary
Greek word. To risk or hazard one's life by exposing oneself to danger, particularly in service.
Source Gloss
to risk
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
To risk or hazard one's life by exposing oneself to danger, particularly in service.
= cl. παραβάλλομαι (2Ma.14:38), to expose oneself to danger, hazard one's life: with dative ref., τ. ψυχῇ (see M, Pr., 64), Php.2:30 (Rec. παραβουλ-). Cited by Deiss., LAE, 84, 120. παρα-βουλεύομαι, to consult amiss, or perh. (see LS, see word), a vulg. form of παρα-βολ- (which see) : Php.2:30, Rec.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Philippians 2:30 Verb Aorist Middle Deponent Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
παραβουλευσάμενος parabouleusamenov
I expose myself to danger, am reckless
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.
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 1
Voice
middle 1
Mood
participle 1
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Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
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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