Strong’s G3900 · Greek

παράπτωμα
paráptōma

Definition

a side-slip (lapse or deviation), i.e. (unintentional) error or (wilful) transgression

Etymology

from G3895 (παραπίπτω);

Where the KJV renders it

  • fall
  • fault
  • offence
  • sin
  • trespass

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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