Word Summary
parabiazomai: to force against (nature)
Original Word: παραβιάζομαιTransliteration: parabiazomai
Phonetic Spelling: (par-ab-ee-ad'-zom-ahee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to force against (nature)
Meaning: to force against (nature)
Strong's Concordance
constrain.
From para and the middle voice of biazo; to force contrary to (nature), i.e. Compel (by entreaty) -- constrain.
see GREEK para
see GREEK biazo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3849: παραβιάζομαιπαραβιάζομαι: 1 aorist
παρεβιασαμην; deponent verb,
to employ force contrary to nature and right (cf.
παρά, IV. 2),
to compel by employing force (
Polybius 26, 1, 3):
τινα,
to constrain one by entreaties, Luke 24:29;
Acts 16:15; so the
Sept. in
Genesis 19:9;
1 Samuel 28:23, etc.