Strong's Lexicon
G3901 — παραρῥυέω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3901 |
|---|---|
| Word: | παραρῥυέω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G3844 and the alternate of G4482 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | pararrhueo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | par-ar-rhoo-eh'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to flow by 2. (figuratively) carelessly pass (miss) |
| KJV Renderings: | let slip |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
παραρρέω; (παρά and ῤέω); from Sophocles, Xenophon, and Plato down; to flow past (παραρρέον ὕδωρ, Isa 44:4), to glide by: μήποτε παραρρυῶμεν (2 aorist passive subjunctive; cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. ii., p. 287; (Veitch, under the word ῤέω; WHs Appendix, p. 170); but L T Tr WH παραρυῶμεν; see Rho), lest we be carried past, pass by (R. V. drift away from them) (missing the thing), i. e. lest the salvation which the things heard show us how to obtain slip away from us, Heb 2:1. In Greek authors παρραρει μοι τί, a thing escapes me, Sophocles Philoct. 653; tropically, slips from my mind, Plato, legg. 6, p. 781 a.; in the sense of neglect, μή παρραρυης, τήρησον δέ ἐμήν βουλήν, Pro 3:21.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
παραρρέω (let slip)
Hebrews 2:1
- KJV: Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard lest at any time we should let slip
- GK: διά τούτο δει περισσοτέρως ημάς προσέχειν τοις ακουσθείσι μηποτέ παραρρυώμεν