Quick Definition
I act contrary to law
Strong's Definition
to be opposed to law, i.e. to transgress
Derivation: from a compound of G3844 (παρά) and G3551 (νόμος);
KJV Usage: contrary to law
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
παρανομέω, παρανόμῳ ;" to be a παράνομος, to act contrary to law, to break the law": Act_23:3. (The Sept.; Thucydides, Xenophon, Plato, and following.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
παρανομέω paranomeō 1x
to violate or transgress the law, Act_23:3
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
παρα -νομέω , ῶ ,
[in LXX for H1984 , etc., chiefly in Pss and 2Mac;]
to be a παράνομος , to transgress the law: Act_23:3 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
παρανομέω [page 488]
act contrary to the law ( Act_23:3 ), is not so common as we might have expected, but see OGIS 765 .9 (iii/B.C.) οὐ μόνον δὲ ἐν τῆι χώραι εἰς το [ὺς π ]ο [λί ]τας παρε [ν ]ό [μουν . Cf. also PSI IV. 330 .9 (B.C. 258 7) ἀδίκως μετὰ βίας παρανομηθείς , and the late P Oxy VIII. 1106 .9 (vi/A.D.) where certain lawbreakers are warned that a troop of soldiers may hand them over πρὸς τιμωρίαν ὧν ἂν παρανομῆσαι τολμήσειεν , to be punished for any lawlessness upon which they may venture.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
παρανομέω [Etym: παράνομος] "to transgress the law, act unlawfully", Thuc. , Plat. :—Pass., κάθοδος παρανομήθη a return "illegally procured", Thuc. "to commit an outrage", ἐς τὸν νεκρὸν ταῦτα παρενόμησε Hdt. ; περί τινα Thuc. :—Pass. "to be outraged, ill used", Dem.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
παρα-νομέω, ῶ
[in LXX for הָלַל, etc., chiefly in Pss and 2Mac ;]
to be a παράνομος, to transgress the law: Act.23:3.†
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