What does ἀπαράβατος (aparábatos) mean in the Bible?
ἀπαράβατος (aparábatos): Inviolable office that cannot be superseded; describes Christ's priesthood as permanent and unchangeable.
Greek · G531
ἀπαράβατος
Permanent
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ἀπαράβατος G531
Pronunciation aparábatos
What does ἀπαράβατος (aparábatos) mean in the Bible?
ἀπαράβατος (aparábatos): Inviolable office that cannot be superseded; describes Christ's priesthood as permanent and unchangeable.
Full entry for ἀπαράβατος (G531) · Open the biblical lexicon
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How does the BSB render G531?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include a permanent (1).
Where does ἀπαράβατος (aparábatos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Hebrews 7:24. Its strongest book concentrations include Hebrews (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 a permanent 1× Hebrews 7:24
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Hebrews 7:24
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Hebrews 1
Source forms
ἀπαράβατον 1x aparabaton Hebrews 7:24
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular 1x Hebrews 7:24
Evidence Summary
MessiahPriesthood
Greek word. Inviolable office that cannot be superseded; describes Christ's priesthood as permanent and unchangeable.
Strong's G531
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Hebrews 7:20-28 Source Gloss
permanent
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Inviolable office that cannot be superseded; describes Christ's priesthood as permanent and unchangeable.
(παραβαίνω), inviolable, and so unchangeable: Heb.7:24 (see Westc., in l; Cremer, 653; MM, VGT, see word).
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.
Hebrews 7:24 Adjective Accusative Singular Feminine
ἀπαράβατον aparabaton
inviolable, unchangeable
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 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 1 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Singular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Heb 7:24 1×
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
New Testament Witnesses
permanent, unchangeable
Word Origins
ἀπαράβατος is built from these roots:
Why This Word Matters
Affirms Christ's priesthood is non-transferable and eternal. Hebrews 7:20-28
Canonical Themes
Messiah Priesthood
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