Definition

to come near or aside, i.e. to approach (arrive), go by (or away), (figuratively) perish or neglect, (causative) avert

Etymology

from G3844 (παρά) and G2064 (ἔρχομαι);

Where the KJV renders it

• come (forth)
• go
• pass (away
• by
• over)
• past
• transgress

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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