Word study · Greek

paráptōma

trespass, false step

Say it: par-AP-to-mah (approximate)

παράπτωμα

What it means

A fall to the side, a slip or wrongdoing (para "beside" plus piptō "to fall"). In 6:1, "if a man is caught in some wrongdoing." In Romans 5 Paul uses it for Adam's trespass.

Range of meaning

  • TrespassA step outside the line.
  • WrongdoingA fault.

In Galatians

Every verse (1)

Verses where G3900 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources