ΠΑΡΑΧΑΡΑΣΣΟΝΤΕΣ, παραχαρασσοντες
PARACHARASSONTES, paracharassontes
Sounds Like: pa-ra-khar-AS-son-tes
Translations: falsifying, counterfeiting, adulterating, corrupting, those who falsify
From the root: ΠΑΡΑΧΑΡΑΣΣΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is a compound verb, formed from 'παρά' (para), meaning 'beside, alongside, contrary to', and 'χαράσσω' (charasso), meaning 'to engrave, to mark, to stamp'. Together, it means to engrave or mark falsely, hence to falsify, counterfeit, or adulterate. It is used to describe the act of corrupting something by adding or substituting false elements, often in a deceptive manner. As a participle, it describes someone or something that is performing this action.
Inflection: Present, Active, Masculine, Plural, Nominative
Strong’s number: G3849 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 82:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΡΑΧΑΡΑΣΣΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΑΡΑΧΑΡΑΣΣΩ — to counterfeit, to debase, to adulterate, to falsify
- ΠΑΡΕΧΑΡΑΣΣΕΝ — he was counterfeiting, he was debasing, he was altering, he was corrupting
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