Dictionary entry

παραβαίνω

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

παρα-βαίνω,

[in LXX for סוּר, עבר, פּרר hi., שׂטה, etc.;]

1. in Hom. (twice), to go by the side of, stand beside.

2. In Æsch., Herod., Thuc., al., to go past or pass over, chiefly metaph., to overstep, violate, transgress (Jos 7:11, Ez 16:59, Si 40:14, al.): τ. παράδοσιν, Mt 15:2; τ. ἐντολήν, Mt 15:3; seq. ἀπό (as סוּרמִן, De 17:20, al.), to turn aside, fall away (cf. π. τῆς ἀληθείας, Arist., Cael., i, 5, 2): Ac 1:25.†