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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #3901 - παραῤῥυέω

Transliteration

pararrhyéō

Phonetics

par-ar-hroo-eh'-o

Origin

from (G3844) and the alternate of (G4482)

Parts of Speech

verb

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to glide by: lest we be carried by, pass by
1. lest the salvation which these things heard show us how to obtain, slip away from us
2. a thing escapes me
3. slips my mind

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2986 ‑ יָבַל (yaw‑bal'); 3869 ‑ לוּז (looz);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (0)

The American Standard Version
did not use
this Strong's Number

BSB (1)

Hebrews 1

CSB (1)

Hebrews 1

ESV (1)

Hebrews 1

KJV (1)

Hebrews 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (2)

Hebrews 2

N95 (2)

Hebrews 2

NAS (2)

Hebrews 2

NLT (1)

Hebrews 3

WEB (1)

Hebrews 1

YLT (1)

Hebrews 1

ASV (0)

The American Standard Version
did not use
this Strong's Number

BSB (1)

so that we do not drift away 1

CSB (1)

away 1

ESV (1)

drift away 1

KJV (1)

slip 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (2)

away 1

drift 1

N95 (2)

away 1

drift 1

NAS (2)

away 1

drift 1

NLT (1)

away 1

WEB (1)

we drift away 1

YLT (1)

we may glide aside 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

V-2APS-1P 1

ANT

V-2APS-1P 1

BEZ

V-AAS-1P 1

BGB

V-2APS-1P 1

BMT

V-2APS-1P 1

BYZ

V-2APS-1P 1

ELZ

V-AAS-1P 1

NA26

V-1AASP 1

SBL

V-2APS-1P 1

SCV

V-2APS-1P 1

STV

V-2APS-1P 1

TIS

V-2APS-1P 1

V-2AAS-1P 1

TRG

V-AAS-1P 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

παραῤῥυεω

From G3844 and the alternate of G4482

Thayer's Expanded Definition

παραρρέω; (παρά and ῤέω); from Sophocles, Xenophon, and Plato down; to flow past (παραρρέον ὕδωρ, Isaiah 44:4), to glide by: μήποτε παραρρυῶμεν (2 aorist passive subjunctive; cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. ii., p. 287; (Veitch, under the word ῤέω; WHs Appendix, p. 170); but L T Tr WH παραρυῶμεν; see Rho), lest we be carried past, pass by (R. V. drift away from them) (missing the thing), i. e. lest the salvation which the things heard show us how to obtain slip away from us, Hebrews 2:1. In Greek authors παρραρει μοι τί, a thing escapes me, Sophocles Philoct. 653; tropically, slips from my mind, Plato, legg. 6, p. 781 a.; in the sense of neglect, μή παρραρυης, τήρησον δέ ἐμήν βουλήν, Proverbs 3:21.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

παρα -ρρέω ,

[in LXX: Isaiah 44:4 (H2986), Proverbs 3:21*;]

to flow by, drift away, slip away: Hebrews 2:1.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

P Ryl II. 129.13 (A.D. 30) ἤροσάν μου χόρτου δέσμας πεντακοσίας, ";they carried off five hundred bundles of my hay.";

List of Word Forms

παραρρέον παραρριπτείσθαι παράρριψόν παραρρυής παραρρυώμεν παραρύματα παραρυωμεν παραρυῶμεν pararuomen pararuōmen pararyomen pararyômen pararyōmen pararyō̂men