verb
pararramō
Strong’sG3901
I am lost, perish, drift away
stem pararr-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
παρα-ρρέω,
[in LXX: Is 44:4 (יבל), Pr 3:21*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3901 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpar-ar-hroo-eh'-o
to flow by, i.e. (figuratively) carelessly pass (miss)
Fromfrom G3844 and the alternate of G4482;
King Jameslet slip.
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
aorist -ερρύην (see. below): perfect -ερρύηκα (see. below):— flow beside, by, or past, τὴν Νίνον Refs 5th c.BC+
II slip off or out, εἴ τί μοι τόξων.. παρερρύηκεν Refs 5th c.BC+; ὅτῳ μὴ παραρ ρυείη [ἡ χιών] whom it did not slip off, Refs 5th c.BC+ many points escaped you, Refs 5th c.BC+having disappeared from memory, Gp.Prooem. Refs
II.2 of persons, π. τῶν φρενῶν slip away from one's senses, Refs 5th c.BC+; also, to be careless, neglect advice, etc., υἱὲ μὴ παραρρυῇς LXX+NT
III run off, Refs 4th c.BC+; π. παρὰ (variant{πρὸς}) τὴν ἀρτηρίαν slip into the windpipe, Refs
III.2 slip in unawares or by stealth, λόγοι παρερρυήκασι πρὸς ἡμᾶς ψευδεῖς Refs 4th c.BC+; παραρρυεὶς ἄνθρωπος εἰς τὸν νεών Refs 1st c.AD+; εἴ τι ἐν τῷ τῆς ποιήσεως δρόμῳ παραρρυὲν λάθῃ any irregularity which slips in, Refs 2nd c.AD+
IV φωναὶ σαθραὶ καὶ παρερρυηκυῖαι cracked and unsteady, Refs 4th 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
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| pararraneiaπαραρυῶμεν | happened · weaorist active subjunctive 1st person plural | drift away | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | pararramō | pararrame | pararrami | pararrama | pararramē | pararramelē |
| you 2nd person singular | pararrasō | pararrase | pararrasi | pararrasa | pararrasē | pararraselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | pararratō | pararrate | pararrati | pararrata | pararratē | pararratelē |
| we 1st person plural | pararranō | pararrane | pararrani | pararrana | pararranē | pararranelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | pararravō | pararrave | pararravi | pararrava | pararravē | pararravelē |
| they 3rd person plural | pararralō | pararrale | pararrali | pararrala | pararralē | pararralelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | pararrameiō | pararrameia | pararrameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | pararraseiō | pararraseia | pararraseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | pararrateiō | pararrateia | pararrateiē |
| we 1st person plural | pararraneiō | pararraneia1×παραρυῶμεν | pararraneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | pararraveiō | pararraveia | pararraveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | pararraleiō | pararraleia | pararraleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | pararrasōr | pararrasar | pararrasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | pararratōr | pararratar | pararratēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | pararravōr | pararravar | pararravēr |
| they 3rd person plural | pararralōr | pararralar | pararralēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | pararramoiō | pararramoia |
| you 2nd person singular | pararrasoiō | pararrasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | pararratoiō | pararratoia |
| we 1st person plural | pararranoiō | pararranoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | pararravoiō | pararravoia |
| they 3rd person plural | pararraloiō | pararraloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | pararrarō | pararrari | pararrara | pararrarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | pararrarōntos | pararrarintos | pararrarantos | pararrarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
pararr 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.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
pararraneia“drift away”happened · weaorist active subjunctive 1st person plural1×
Hebrews 2:1… perissoterōs prosecharō nin tei akouirantei, mēpote pararraneia.… heard, so that we do not drift away.