Word Summary
aparabatos: inviolable
Original Word: ἀπαράβατοςTransliteration: aparabatos
Phonetic Spelling: (ap-ar-ab'-at-os)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: inviolable
Meaning: inviolable
Strong's Concordance
unchangeable.
From a (as a negative particle) and a derivative of parabaino; not passing away, i.e. Untransferable (perpetual) -- unchangeable.
see GREEK a
see GREEK parabaino
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 531: ἀπαράβατοςἀπαράβατος,
ἀπαράβατον (
παραβαίνω), from the phrase
παραβαίνειν νόμον to transgress i. e. to violate, signifying either
unviolated, or not to be violated, inviolable:
ἱερωσύνη unchangeable and therefore not liable to pass to a successor,
Hebrews 7:24; cf. Bleek and Delitzsch at the passage(A later word, cf.
Lob. ad Phryn., p. 313; in
Josephus,
Plutarch, others.)