noun · neuter
paraptōmem
Strong’sG3900
a falling away, sin
stem paraptōm-19 times in the New Testamentin 7 of 27 books5 of 6 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
A false step, slip, or blunder — the literal sense of the word, describing a stumble or deviation from the right way 13. Strong's describes this as a "side-slip," either an unintentional error or a willful deviation 2.
In the New Testament and in the Greek Old Testament, the word is used ethically for a misdeed, trespass, or sin — a wrongdoing against God or another person 13. Dodson's gloss reflects this, rendering it "a falling away, sin" 4.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
† παρά-πτωμα, -τος, τό
(< παραπίπτω), [in LXX for מַעַל, פֶּשַׁע, etc.;]
SYN.: v.s. ἁμαρτία.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3900 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpar-ap'-to-mah
a side-slip (lapse or deviation), i.e. (unintentional) error or (wilful) transgression
Fromfrom G3895;
King Jamesfall, fault, offence, sin, trespass.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
false step, slip, blunder, Refs 2nd c.BC+
2 defeat, Refs 1st c.BC+
3 transgression, trespass, LXX+NT
4 error in amount of payments, Refs 2nd c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | paraptōmem3×παράπτωμα | paraptōmeim |
| of, belonging to genitive | paraptōmeu1×παραπτώματος | paraptōmeiu2×παραπτωμάτων |
| to, for dative | paraptōme4×παραπτώματι | paraptōmei3×παραπτώμασιν |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
paraptōme is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
19 occurrences, every one of them listed
paraptōmem“trespass”subject or objectdirect singular3×
Romans 5:15Alla ouk hōs tem paraptōmem, houtōs kai tem charismem; ei gar …… the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by …
Romans 5:20nomos de pareiserchata hina pleonazateia tem paraptōmem; hou de pleonazata tas hamartas, huperperisseuata …… law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased …
Romans 11:12“transgression”ei de tem paraptōmem autoiu ploutos kosmou kai tem hēttēmem …But if their trespass means riches for the world, and their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how …
paraptōmeu“trespass”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Romans 5:18Ara oun hōs dia heneu paraptōmeu eis pantoin anthrōpoin eis katakrimem, houtōs …So then, just as one trespass brought condemnation for all men, so …
paraptōme“trespass”to, fordative singular4×
Romans 5:15… charismem; ei gar te tou henou paraptōme tois pollois apothnēskala, polle mallon tas …… if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much …
Romans 5:17ei gar te tou henou paraptōme tos thanatos basilata dia tou henou, …For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned …
Romans 11:11“transgression”… piptaleia? mē genetoia; alla te autoiu paraptōme tas sōtērēas tei ethnei, eis tem …… as to fall beyond recovery? Certainly not! However, because of their trespass, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel …
Galatians 6:1… ean kai prolabiteia anthrōpos en tine paraptōme, vis tois pneumatikois katartizavōr ton toiouton …… if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore …
paraptōmeiu“trespasses”of, belonging togenitive plural2×
Romans 5:16… katakrimem, tem de charismem ek polleiu paraptōmeiu eis dikaiōmem.… but the gift that followed many trespasses brought justification.
Ephesians 1:7… teu haimeu autou, tan afesian teiu paraptōmeiu, kata tem ploutem tau charitau autou… His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His …
paraptōmei“trespasses”to, fordative plural3×
Ephesians 2:1Kai vin arōntoin nekroin tei paraptōmei kai tai hamartai vu,And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
Ephesians 2:5kai arōntoin nin nekroin tei paraptōmei suzōopoiata to Christo charita avō sōzorēntois… when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have …
Colossians 2:13kai vin nekroin arōntoin en tei paraptōmei kai ta akrobustia tau sarkau vu, …When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your …
paraptōmeim6×
Matthew 6:14ean gar afiēkaveia toi anthrōpoi teim paraptōmeim autoiu, afiēkati kai vi tos patros …For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive …
Matthew 6:15… oude tos patros vu afiēkati teim paraptōmeim vu.… you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive yours.
Mark 11:25… en toi ouranoi afiēkateia vi teim paraptōmeim vu.… Father in heaven will forgive your trespasses as well.”
Romans 4:25hos paradōita dia teim paraptōmeim nu kai egerita dia tan dikaiōsian …… delivered over to death for our trespasses and was raised to life for …
2 Corinthians 5:19… katallaxarōntos heauto, mē logizorōntos autoi teim paraptōmeim autoiu, kai titherantos en ni ton …… Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed …
Colossians 2:13… sun auto; charizerantos ni panteim teim paraptōmeim,… Christ. He forgave us all our trespasses,