Quick Definition
παραβάτης, ου, ὁ n.m. a transgressor
Strong's Definition
from 3845; a violator
KJV Usage: breaker, transgress(-or)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -ου | βαίνω (go, walk)
36.29 · Guide, Discipline, Follow · Obey, Disobey
transgressor (derivative of παραβαίνω[a] ‘to disobey, to break the law,’ 36.28) a person who customarily breaks or disobeys the law For terms involving ‘disobedience’ or ‘transgression,’ there are often a number of subtle distinctions reflecting several different types of contrasts. For example, there may be important distinctions between disobeying a person and disobeying a law or custom. A number of languages also make a clear distinction between intentional and unintentional disobedience or transgression. Another distinction may involve repeated activity or consistency of attitude, so that the choice of terms may specify whether a person has consistently disobeyed or has only disobeyed once or twice. A further distinction is sometimes made between disobedience of children or those who are mentally incapacitated and the disobedience of those who should know better. Accordingly, in the choice of terms for various passages of Scripture it is extremely important to note the distinctive features of meaning; otherwise, much of the emphasis upon disobedience and transgression as stated in the Scriptures may be seriously distorted.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
παρα-βάτης, -ov, 6, (παραβαίνω [cf. W. 267), a transgressor (Vulg. praevaricator, transgressor) : νόμου, α lawbreaker (Plaut. legirupa), Ro. ii. 25, 27; Jas. ii. 11; absol., Gal. ii. 18; Jas. ii. 9. [Aeschyl. (παρβάτης) ; Graec. Ven. Deut. xxi. 18, 20.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
παραβάτης parabatēs 5x
transgressor, violator of law, Rom. 2:25, 27; Gal. 2:18; Jas. 2:9, 11*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** παρα-βάτης, -ου, ὁ
(< παραβαίνω), [in Sm.: Ps 16 (17):4 138 (139):19, Je 6:28*;]
one who stands beside, the warrior who stands by the charioteer (cf. παραβαίνω, 1).
a transgressor (Æsch., παρβάτης): Ga 2:18, Ja 2:9; π. νόμου, Ro 2:25, 27, Ja 2:11.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
παραβάτης. The remarkable tradition preserved in Cod. Bezae after Lk 6*is perhaps the origin of the phrase παραβάτης νόμου in Paul and James: see Plummer ad Lk /.c.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
παραβάτης (parabatēs) — transgresor. παρα-βάτης [βᾰ], poetry and early Attic dialect παραιβάτης [Refs], ου, ὁ, (παραβαίνω I) one who stands beside: properly the warrior or combatant who stands beside the charioteer, ἂν δ᾽ ἔβαν ἐν δίφροισι παραιβάται ἡνίοχοί τε [Refs 8th c.BC+]; feminine παραιβάτις, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
2. light troops (velites) who ran beside the cavalry, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
II. (παραβαίνω II.1)transgressor, [Refs 4th c.BC+] (Lyric poetry, in poetry form παρβάτης),[NT+1st c.AD+]