What does παραπορεύομαι (paraporeúomai) mean in the Bible?
παραπορεύομαι (paraporeúomai) is a Greek word meaning "to travel near".
Greek · G3899
παραπορεύομαι
To travel near
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παραπορεύομαι G3899
Pronunciation paraporeúomai
What does παραπορεύομαι (paraporeúomai) mean in the Bible?
παραπορεύομαι (paraporeúomai) is a Greek word meaning "to travel near".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3899?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include passed by (2), they passed (1), they were walking back (1), was passing (1).
Where does παραπορεύομαι (paraporeúomai) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 27:39. Its strongest book concentrations include Mark (4), Matthew (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 passed by 2× Matthew 27:39, Mark 15:29
they passed 1× Mark 9:30
they were walking back 1× Mark 11:20
was passing 1× Mark 2:23
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 27:39 παραπορευόμενοι to passed by Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural Mark 2:23 παραπορεύεσθαι to was passing Verb - Present Infinitive Middle or Passive Mark 9:30 παρεπορεύοντο to they passed Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Plural Mark 11:20 παραπορευόμενοι to they were walking back Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural Mark 15:29 παραπορευόμενοι to passed by Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 27:39
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 2
Matthew 1 Mark 4
Source forms
παραπορευόμενοι 3x paraporeuomenoi Matthew 27:39, Mark 11:20, Mark 15:29
παραπορεύεσθαι 1x paraporeuesthai Mark 2:23
παρεπορεύοντο 1x pareporeuonto Mark 9:30
Parsing patterns
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural 3x Matthew 27:39, Mark 11:20, Mark 15:29
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Plural 1x Mark 9:30
Verb - Present Infinitive Middle or Passive 1x Mark 2:23
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to travel near
Strong's G3899
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 3 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to travel near
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.
Matthew 27:39 Verb Present Middle or Passive Deponent Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
παραπορευόμενοι paraporeuomenoi
I go past
Read verse Mark 2:23 Verb Present Middle or Passive Deponent Infinitive
παραπορεύεσθαι paraporeuesqai
I go past
Read verse Mark 9:30 Verb Third Person Plural Imperfect Middle or Passive Deponent Indicative
παρεπορεύοντο pareporeuonto
I go past
Read verse Mark 11:20 Verb Present Middle or Passive Deponent Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
παραπορευόμενοι, paraporeuomenoi
I go past
Read verse Mark 15:29 Verb Present Middle or Passive Deponent Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
παραπορευόμενοι paraporeuomenoi
I go past
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 mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 3 Aligned forms 5 Tenses Present, Imperfect Voices Middle
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 3×
Present Middle Matt 27:39 · Mark 11:20 · Mark 15:29 3×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 1×
Present Middle Mark 2:23 1×
Indicative states a fact or reality 1×
Imperfect Middle Mark 9:30 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 5 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 4 imperfect 1
Voice
middle 5
Mood
participle 3 infinitive 1 indicative 1
NT Occurrences
Matthew 27:39 παραπορευόμενοι present middle participle participle Mark 2:23 παραπορεύεσθαι present middle infinitive infinitive Mark 9:30 παρεπορεύοντο imperfect middle indicative background Mark 11:20 παραπορευόμενοι present middle participle participle Mark 15:29 παραπορευόμενοι present middle participle participle
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
παραπορεύομαι is built from these roots:
Part of These Phrases
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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