Word study · Greek

paradidōmi

to hand over, betray

Say it: pah-rah-DEE-doh-mee (approximate)

παραδίδωμι

What it means

To hand over. "God gave them up" three times in 1:24, 1:26, 1:28, and Jesus "was delivered up for our trespasses" (4:25).

Range of meaning

  • Hand overGive someone into another's custody.
  • BetrayHand over by treachery.
  • EntrustPass something on, as a teaching.

In Romans

  • Chapter 1

    "God gave them up" (1:24, 1:26, 1:28).