Words the Bible translates as transgress
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- avarעָבַרto move across or past something: to cross over, pass by, pass through, or move on
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- to overstep what God commanded: to break a covenant, command, or oath
- to make something cross over: to bring across, hand over, remove, or send through
- to be furious or overbearing: anger that boils over its limits
- parerchomaiπαρέρχομαιto go past someone or something in space; to pass by, come up to, or push past
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- to pass away, come to an end, cease to exist; (of time) to be over
- to pass by a duty or command, and so to neglect it or break it
- parabainōπαραβαίνωto transgressnot studied yet
- pashahפָּשַׁעto revolt against a ruler: to throw off the authority of a king or overlord and break away.
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- to rebel against God: to break faith with the One you owe loyalty to, treating sin as defiance rather than mere failure.
- ma'alמָעַלto break faith: to betray a trust one is bound to keep, acting treacherously against the party owed loyalty
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