Words the Bible translates as transgression
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.
- anomiaἀνομίαlawlessness: conduct or a condition set against God's law and rightful order
- peshahפֶּשַׁעrebellion: the deliberate breaking of a bond you were obligated to keep
- paraptōmaπαράπτωμαa wrongdoing: a concrete act in which someone falls away from what is right and breaks faith with God or neighbor
- ma'alמַעַלa treacherous breach of faith: a betrayal of a bond one was trusted to keep, toward God or toward another person
- parabasisπαράβασιςthe breaking of a command that was already given: stepping across a line someone had clearly drawn
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