Dictionary entry

παράπτωμα

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

παρά-πτωμα, -τος, τό

(< παραπίπτω), [in LXX for מַעַל, פֶּשַׁע, etc.;]

1. a false step, a blunder (Polyb.).

2. Ethically, a misdeed, trespass (LXX): Mt 6:14, 15, Mk 11:25, 26, Ro 4:255:15 ff. Ro 11:11, 12, II Co 5:19, Ga 6:1, Eph 1:72:1, 5, Col 2:13.†

SYN.: v.s. ἁμαρτία.