Strong's Lexicon
G3860 — παραδίδωμι
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3860 |
|---|---|
| Word: | παραδίδωμι |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G3844 and G1325 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 119 |
| Transliteration: | paradidomi |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | par-ad-id'-o-mee |
| Meaning: | 1. to surrender, i.e yield up, intrust, transmit |
| KJV Renderings: | betray, bring forth, cast, commit, deliver (up), give (over, up), hazard, put in prison, recommend |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
παραδίδωμι, subjunctive 3 person singular παραδιδῷ (1Co 15:24 (L marginal reading Tr marginal reading WH, the Sinaiticus manuscript, etc.)) and παραδιδοι (ibid. L text T Tr text; cf. Buttmann, 46 (40) (and δίδωμι, at the beginning)); imperfect 3 person singular παρεδίδου (Act 8:3; 1Pe 2:23), plural παρεδίδουν (Act 16:4 R G; ) and παρεδίδοσαν (Act 16:4 L T Tr WH; cf. Winers Grammar, § 14, 1 c.; Buttmann, 45 (39)); future παραδώσω; 1 aorist παρέδωκα; 2 aorist παρεδων, subjunctive 3 person singular παραδῷ and several times παραδοῖ (so L T Tr WH in Mar 4:29; Mar 14:10-11; Joh 13:2; see δίδωμι, at the beginning); perfect participle παραδεδωκως (Act 15:26); pluperfect 3 person plural without augment παραδεδώκεισαν (Mar 15:10; Winers Grammar, § 12, 9; (Buttmann, 33 (29); Tdf. Proleg., p. 120f)); passive, present παραδίδομαι; imperfect 3 person singular παρεδίδετο (1Co 11:23 L T Tr WH for R G παρεδίδοτο, see ἀποδίδωμι); perfect 3 person singular παραδέδοται (Luk 4:6), participle παραδεδόμενος, Act 14:26; Act 1:1-26 aorist παρεδόθην; 1 future παραδοθήσομαι; from Pindar and Herodotus down; the Sept. mostly for ðÈúÇï; to give over;
1. properly, to give into the hands (of another).
2. to give over into (one’s) power or use: τίνι τί, to deliver to one something to keep, use, take care of, manage, Mat 11:27; Luk 4:6 (cf. Winer’s Grammar, 271 (254)); Luk 10:22; τά ὑπάρχοντα, τάλαντα, Mat 25:14; Mat 25:20; Mat 25:22; τήν βασιλείαν, 1Co 15:24; τό πνεῦμα namely, τῷ Θεῷ, Joh 19:30; τό σῶμα, ἵνα etc., to be burned, 1Co 13:3; τινα, to deliver one up to custody, to be judged, condemned, punished, scourged, tormented, put to death (often thus in secular authors): τινα, absolutely, so that to be put in prison must be supplied, Mat 4:12; Mar 1:14; τηρουμένους, who are kept, 2Pe 2:4 (G T Tr WH; but R τετηρημένους, L κολαζομένους τηρεῖν); to be put to death (cf. German dahingeben), Rom 4:25; with the addition of ὑπέρ τίνος, for one’s salvation, Rom 8:32; τινα τίνι, Mat 5:25; Mat 18:34; Mat 20:18; Mat 27:2; Mar 15:1; Luk 12:58; Luk 20:20; Joh 18:30; Joh 18:35; Joh 19:11 etc.; Act 27:1; Act 28:16 Rec.; τῷ θελήματι αὐτῶν, to do their pleasure with Luk 23:25; τινα τίνι, followed by ἵνα, Joh 19:16; with an infinitive of purpose, φυλάσσειν αὐτόν, to guard him, Act 12:4; without the dative, Mat 10:19; Mat 24:10; Mat 27:18; Mar 13:11; Mar 15:10; Act 3:13; followed by ἵνα, Mat 27:26; Mar 15:15; τινα εἰς τό σταυρωθῆναι, Mat 26:2 (σταυροῦ θανάτῳ, Ev. Nicod. c. 26); εἰς χεῖρας τίνος, i. e. into one’s power, Mat 17:22; Mat 26:45; Mar 9:31; Mar 14:41; Luk 9:44; Luk 24:7; Act 21:11; Act 28:17 (Jer 33:24 (); ()); εἰς συνέδρια, to councils (see συνέδριον, 2 b.) (παραδιδόναι involving also the idea of conducting), Mat 10:17; Mar 13:9; εἰς συναγωγάς, Luk 21:12; εἰς θλῖψιν, Mat 24:9; εἰς φυλακήν, Act 8:3; εἰς φυλακάς, Act 22:4; εἰς θάνατον, Mat 10:21; Mar 13:12; 2Co 4:11; εἰς κρίμα θανάτου, Luk 24:20; τόν σάρκα εἰς καταφθοράν, of Christ undergoing death, the Epistle of Barnabas 5, 1 [ET]; παραδιδόναι ἑαυτόν ὑπέρ τίνος, to give oneself up for, give oneself to death for, to undergo death for (the salvation of) one, Gal 2:20; Eph 5:25; with the addition of τῷ Θεῷ and a predicate accusative, Eph 5:2; τήν ψυχήν ἑαυτοῦ ὑπέρ τοῦ ὀνόματος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, to jeopard life to magnify and make known the name of Jesus Christ, Act 15:26. Metaphorically, expressions: τινα τῷ Σατανᾶ, to deliver one into the power of Satan to be harassed and tormented with evils, 1Ti 1:20; with the addition of εἰς ὄλεθρον σαρκός (see ὄλεθρος), 1Co 5:5 (the phrase seems to have originated from the Jewish formulas of excommunication (yet see Meyer (edited by Heinrici) at the passage (cf. B. D., under the word, Hymenaeus II., Excommunication II.)), because a person banished from the theocratic assembly was regarded as deprived of the protection of God and delivered up to the power of the devil). τινα εἰς ἀκαθαρσίαν, to cause one to become unclean. Rom 1:24; cf. Fritzsche, Rückert, and others at the passage (in this example and several that follow A. V. renders to give up); εἰς πάθη ἀτιμίας, to make one a slave of vile passions, Rom 1:26; εἰς ἀδόκιμον νοῦν, to cause one to follow his own corrupt mind — followed by an infinitive of purpose (or epexegetic infinitive (Meyer)), Rom 1:28; ἑαυτόν τῇ ἀσέλγεια, to make oneself the slave of lasciviousness, Eph 4:19; τινα λατρεύειν, to cause one to worship, Act 7:42. to deliver up treacherously, i. e. by betrayal to cause one to be taken: τινα τίνι, of Judas betraying Jesus, Mat 26:15; Mar 14:10; Luk 22:4; Luk 22:6; without the dative, Mat 26:16; Mat 26:21; Mat 26:23; Mat 26:25; Mar 14:11; Mar 14:18; Luk 22:21; Luk 22:48; Joh 6:64; Joh 6:71; Joh 12:4; in the passive, Mar 14:21; Luk 22:22; 1Co 11:23; present preposition ὁ παραδιδούς αὐτόν, of him as plotting the betrayal (cf. Buttmann, § 144, 11, 3): Mat 26:25; Mat 26:46; Mat 26:48; Mar 14:42; Mar 14:44; Joh 13:11; Joh 18:2; Joh 18:5. to deliver one to be taught, moulded, etc.: εἰς τί, in the passive, Rom 6:17 (to be resolved thus, ὑπηκούσατε ... τύπον, etc. εἰς ὅν παρεδόθητε (Winer’s Grammar, § 24, 2 b.)).
3. equivalent to to commit, to commend: τινα τῇ χάριτι τοῦ Θεοῦ, in the passive, Act 14:26; Act 15:40; παρεδίδου τῷ κρίνοντι δικαίως, namely, τά ἑαυτοῦ, his cause (Buttmann, 145 (127) note 2 (cf. Winer’s Grammar, 590 (549))), 1Pe 2:23.
4. to deliver verbally: commands, rites, Mar 7:13; Act 6:14; 1Co 11:2; 2Pe 2:21 (here in the passive); πίστιν, the tenets (see πίστις, 1 c. β.), in the passive, Jud 1:3; φυλάσσειν τά δόγματα, the decrees to keep, Act 16:4; to deliver by narrating, to report, i. e. to perpetuate the knowledge of events by narrating them, Luk 1:2; 1Co 11:23; 1Co 15:3 (see examples from Greek authors in Passow (or Liddell and Scott), under the word, 4).
5. to permit, allow: absolutely ὅταν παραδῷ or παραδοῖ ὁ καρπός, when the fruit will allow, i. e. when its ripeness permits, Mar 4:29 (so τῆς ὥρας παραδιδουσης, Polybius 22, 24, 9; for other examples see Passow, under the word, 3 (Liddell and Scott, under the word II.; others take the word in Mark, the passage cited intransitively, in a quasi-reflexive sense, gives itself up, presents itself, cf. Winers Grammar, 251 (236); Buttmann, 145 (127))).
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
παραδίδωμι (betray)
Matthew 4:12
- KJV: Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison he departed into Galilee
- GK: ακούσας δε ο Ιησούς ότι Ιωάννης παρεδόθη ανεχώρησεν εις την Γαλιλαίαν
Matthew 5:25
- KJV: Agree with thine adversary quickly whiles thou art in the way with him lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge and the judge deliver thee to the officer and thou be cast into prison
- GK: ίσθι ευνοών τω αντιδίκω σου ταχύ έως ότου ει εν τη οδώ μετ΄ αυτού μήποτέ σε παραδώ ο αντίδικος τω κριτή και ο κριτής σε παραδώ τω υπηρέτη και εις φυλακήν βληθήση
Matthew 10:4
- KJV: Simon the Canaanite and Judas Iscariot who also betrayed him
- GK: Σίμων ο Κανανίτης και Ιούδας Ισκαριώτης ο και παραδούς αυτόν
Matthew 10:17
- KJV: But beware of men for they will deliver you up to the councils and they will scourge you in their synagogues
- GK: προσέχετε δε από των ανθρώπων παραδώσουσιν γαρ υμάς εις συνέδρια και εν ταις συναγωγαίς αυτών μαστιγώσουσιν υμάς
Matthew 10:19
- KJV: But when they deliver you up take no thought how or what ye shall speak for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak
- GK: όταν δε παραδιδώσιν υμάς μη μεριμνήσητε πως η τι λαλήσητε δοθήσεται γαρ υμιν εν εκείνη τη ώρα τι λαλήσετε
Matthew 10:21
- KJV: And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death and the father the child and the children shall rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death
- GK: παραδώσει δε αδελφός αδελφόν εις θάνατον και πατήρ τέκνον και επαναστήσονται τέκνα επί γονείς και θανατώσουσιν αυτούς
Matthew 11:27
- KJV: All things are delivered unto me of my Father and no man knoweth the Son but the Father neither knoweth any man the Father save the Son and to whom soever the Son will reveal
- GK: πάντα μοι παρεδόθη υπό του πατρός μου και ουδείς επιγινώσκει τον υιόν ει ο πατήρ ουδέ τον πατέρα τις επιγινώσκει ει ο υιός και ω εάν βούληται ο υιός αποκαλύψαι
Matthew 17:22
- KJV: And while they abode in Galilee Jesus said unto them The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men
- GK: αναστρεφομένων δε αυτών εν τη Γαλιλαία είπεν αυτοίς ο Ιησούς μέλλει ο υιός του ανθρώπου παραδίδοσθαι εις χείρας ανθρώπων
Matthew 18:34
- KJV: And his lord was wroth and delivered him to the tormentors till he should pay all that was due unto him
- GK: και οργισθείς ο κύριος αυτού παρέδωκεν αυτόν τοις βασανισταίς εώς ου αποδώ παν το οφειλόμενον αυτώ
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