What does παροίχομαι (paroíchomai) mean in the Bible?
παροίχομαι (paroíchomai) is a Greek word meaning "to pass by".
Greek · G3944
παροίχομαι
To pass by
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παροίχομαιG3944
Pronunciationparoíchomai
What does παροίχομαι (paroíchomai) mean in the Bible?
παροίχομαι (paroíchomai) is a Greek word meaning "to pass by".
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How does the BSB render G3944?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include past (1).
Where does παροίχομαι (paroíchomai) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 14:16. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (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 Itpast1×Acts 14:16
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First aligned rowActs 14:16
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
Acts1
Source forms
παρῳχημέναις1xparōchēmenaisActs 14:16
Parsing patterns
Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Dative Feminine Plural1xActs 14:16
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to pass by
Source Gloss
to pass by
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
to have passed by; of time, to be gone by: ἐν τ. παρῳχημέναις γενεαῖς, Act.14:16.
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 14:16Verb Perfect Middle or Passive Deponent Participle Dative Plural Feminine
παρῳχημέναιςparwchmenaiv
I pass away time
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
perfect1
Voice
middle1
Mood
participle1
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
παροίχομαι is built from this root: