What does παρακοή (parakoḗ) mean in the Bible?
παρακοή (parakoḗ) is a Greek word meaning "disobedience".
Greek · G3876
παρακοή
Disobedience
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παρακοήG3876
Pronunciationparakoḗ
What does παρακοή (parakoḗ) mean in the Bible?
παρακοή (parakoḗ) is a Greek word meaning "disobedience".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3876?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include disobedience (3).
Where does παρακοή (parakoḗ) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Romans 5:19. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Corinthians (1), Hebrews (1), Romans (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 Itdisobedience3×Romans 5:19, 2 Corinthians 10:6, Hebrews 2:2
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowRomans 5:19
Aligned rows3
Books represented3
Romans12 Corinthians1Hebrews1
Source forms
παρακοὴ1xparakoēHebrews 2:2
παρακοήν1xparakoēn2 Corinthians 10:6
παρακοῆς1xparakoēsRomans 5:19
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular1x2 Corinthians 10:6
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular1xRomans 5:19
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular1xHebrews 2:2
Evidence Summary
Greek word. disobedience
Strong'sG3876
Lexical occurrences3 versesGreek text appearances3 timesWord forms3 forms3 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
disobedience
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Romans 5:19Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
παρακοῆςparakohv
disobedience
Read verse2 Corinthians 10:6Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
παρακοήν,parakohn
disobedience
Read verseHebrews 2:2Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
παρακοὴparakoh
disobedience
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 patterns3Aligned forms3Case patternAccusative (1)Number patternSingular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · FeminineHeb 2:21×
Genitive · Singular · FeminineRom 5:191×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine2 Cor 10:61×
Word Origins
παρακοή is built from this root: