What does παρανομέω (paranoméō) mean in the Bible?
παρανομέω (paranoméō) is a Greek word meaning "to break the law".
Greek · G3891
παρανομέω
To break the law
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παρανομέωG3891
Pronunciationparanoméō
What does παρανομέω (paranoméō) mean in the Bible?
παρανομέω (paranoméō) is a Greek word meaning "to break the law".
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How does the BSB render G3891?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include you yourself violate the law (1).
Where does παρανομέω (paranoméō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 23:3. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (1).
Source Word Evidence
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How English Renders Ityou yourself violate the law1×Acts 23:3
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First aligned rowActs 23:3
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
Acts1
Source forms
παρανομῶν1xparanomōnActs 23:3
Parsing patterns
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular1xActs 23:3
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to break the law
Strong'sG3891
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
to break the law
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
to be a παράνομος, to transgress the law: Act.23:3.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 23:3Verb Present Active Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
παρανομῶνparanomwn
I act contrary to law
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
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Tenses
Voices
Participleverbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality1×
Present ActiveActs 23:31×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present1
Voice
active1
Mood
participle1
NT Occurrences
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Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
παρανομέω is built from these roots:
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