παρά-βασις, -εως, ἡ
(< παραβαίνω), [in LXX: Ps 100 (101):3 (סֵטִים), IV Ki 2:24 A, Wi 14:31, II Mac 15:10*;]
1. a going aside, a deviation (Arist.).
2. In later writers, an overstepping; metaph., transgression (Plut., al.): Ro 4:155:14, He 2:29:15; τ. νόμου, Ro 2:23; ἐν π., I Ti 2:14; τ. παραβάσεων χάριν, Ga 3:19.
SYN.: v.s. ἁμαρτία.