Word study · Greek
pareísaktos
smuggled in, brought in secretly
Say it: par-ICE-ak-tos (approximate)
παρείσακτος
What it means
Brought in by stealth, sneaked in (para "alongside" plus eis "into" plus agō "lead"). In 2:4 the false brothers were "secretly brought in" to spy. It appears only here.
Range of meaning
- Smuggled inSlipped in secretly.
- InfiltratorOne who joins to spy.
In Galatians
- Chapter 2
"Secretly brought in" (2:4).
Every verse (1)
Verses where G3920 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources