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Transgressor

Transgressor lit. and primarily, "one who stands beside," then, "one who oversteps the prescribed limit, a transgressor" (akin to parabaino, "to transgress," see above); so Rom 2:25, RV (AV, "a breaker"); Rom...

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Transgressor <1,,3848, parabates>

lit. and primarily, "one who stands beside," then, "one who oversteps the prescribed limit, a transgressor" (akin to parabaino, "to transgress," see above); so Rom 2:25, RV (AV, "a breaker"); Rom 2:27, RV, "a transgressor" (AV, "dost transgress"); Gal 2:18, Jam 2:9, Jam 2:11.

Note: Hamartolos, "a sinner, one who misses the mark," is applicable to all men without distinction; parabates stresses the positive side of sin, and is applicable to those who received the Law.

<2,,459, anomos>

"without law" (a, negative), is translated "transgressors" in Luk 22:37 (in some texts, Mar 15:28), in a quotation from Isa 53:12. See LAW, C, No. 3, LAWLESS, A.

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