παραφέρω
paraphérō · G3911 · Greek · 4 occurrences
Meanings
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to drive along, to carry along
To cause to move along continually in the same direction as the force involved
ExamplesJude 1:12 These are the ones who are hidden reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you without fear, like shepherds caring only for themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted;
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to mislead, to lead astray, to carry off
(A figurative extension of meaning of παραφέρω ‘to carry along,’) To cause someone to depart from an earlier belief, with the implication of accepting a belief which is false
ExamplesHebrews 13:9 Do not be misled by varied and strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited.
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to cause someone not to experience, to take the cup from
(An idiom, literally: to take the cup … from) To cause someone to not undergo some trying experience
ExamplesMark 14:36 And He was saying, “Abba! Father! All things are possible for You; remove this cup from Me; yet not what I will, but what You will.”
Luke 22:42 saying, “Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will, but Yours be done.”
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
4 occurrences in 3 groups
- Not stated: you (one person) 2
- Not stated: you (more than one) 1
- Not stated (participle) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- ποτήριονcup 2
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἀπόfrom+ ἐγώI, we 2
- ὑπόby, under+ ἄνεμοςwind 1
With adverbsAdverbs
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- μήnot 2
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- λέγωto say 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 3 entries
- To drive along, to carry along15.162
- This domain covers παραφέρω naming the act of forcibly carrying something away, as Jude describes false teachers compared to storm-driven clouds: “These are the ones who are hidden reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you without fear, like shepherds caring only for themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted.” (Jude 1:12)
- To mislead, to lead astray, to carry off31.75
- Here παραφέρω names being drawn away from a settled conviction by outside influence, as the writer of Hebrews warns against strange teachings: “Do not be misled by varied and strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited.” (Hebrews 13:9)
- To cause someone not to experience, to take the cup from90.97
- Here παραφέρω names Jesus's request that a coming ordeal be withheld from Him, as Mark records His prayer in Gethsemane: “And He was saying, ‘Abba! Father! All things are possible for You; remove this cup from Me; yet not what I will, but what You will.’” (Mark 14:36)
Word family 31 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : (1 aorist infinitive παρενεγκαι (Lk 22:42 Tdf., cf. Veitch, p. 669)); 2 aorist…
1. to bear (cf. παρά, IV. 1), bring to, put before: of food (Herodotus, Xenophon, others).
2. to lead aside (cf. παρά, IV. 2) from the right course or path, to carry away: Jude 1:12 (R. V. carried along) (where Rec. περιφέρεσθε); from the truth, Heb 13:9 where Rec. περιφερ. (Plato, Phaedr., p. 265 b.; Plutarch, Timol. 6; Antoninus 4, 43; Herodian, 8, 4, 7 (4 edition, Bekker)).
3. to carry past, lead past, i. e. to cause to pass by, to remove: τί ἀπό τίνος, Mk 14:36; Lk 22:42.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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