ΠΑΡΑΝΟΜΟΙ, παρανομοι
PARANOMOI, paranomoi
Sounds Like: pah-RAH-noh-moy
Translations: lawless, unlawful, wicked, unrighteous, lawless ones, wicked ones
From the root: ΠΑΡΑΝΟΜΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word describes someone or something that is without law, contrary to law, or disobedient to law. It is a compound word formed from 'παρά' (para), meaning 'beside' or 'contrary to', and 'νόμος' (nomos), meaning 'law'. It can be used to describe actions or people who act in defiance of established laws, whether divine or human. When used as a noun, it refers to 'lawless people' or 'wicked individuals'.
Inflection: Masculine, Plural, Nominative
Strong’s number: G3891 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 1 Maccabees — 1:11, 11:21
- Psalms — 5:6, 36:38, 85:14, 118:85
- Proverbs — 2:22, 11:6, 29:12
- Sirach — 16:3
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Deuteronomy — 13:13
- 2 Chronicles — 13:7
- 1 Maccabees — 10:61, 11:21
- 3 Maccabees — 2:17
- Psalms — 5:6, 36:38, 85:14, 118:85
- Psalms of Solomon — 14:4
- Proverbs — 2:22, 11:6, 29:12
- Daniel (Theodotion) — 13:32
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 13:28, 13:32
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΡΑΝΟΜΟΣ.
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.
- ΠΑΡΑΝΟΜΑ — lawless, unlawful, wicked, unrighteous, lawless things, unlawful acts
- ΠΑΡΑΝΟΜΟΙΣ — unlawful, lawless, wicked, (to) lawless ones, (to) wicked ones
- ΠΑΡΑΝΟΜΟΝ — unlawful, illegal, lawless, wicked, an unlawful thing
- ΠΑΡΑΝΟΜΟΣ — lawless, unlawful, wicked, unrighteous, a lawless one
- ΠΑΡΑΝΟΜΟΥ — of lawless, of unlawful, of wicked, of evil
- ΠΑΡΑΝΟΜΟΥΣ — unlawful, lawless, wicked, disobedient, a lawless one, an unlawful one, a wicked one
- ΠΑΡΑΝΟΜΩΝ — of lawless, of wicked, of unrighteous, of transgressors
- ΠΑΡΑΝΟΜΩΤΑΤΑ — most unlawfully, most illegally, most wickedly, most impiously
- ΠΑΡΑΝΟΜΩΤΕΡΟΙΣ — more lawless, more wicked, more unlawful, more disobedient
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