G3921: παρεισδύνω
pareisdýnō · “to infiltrate”
Definition
to settle in alongside, i.e. lodge stealthily
KJV translates it as: creep in unawares
Word origin: from G3844 (παρά) and a compound of G1519 (εἰς) and G1416 (δύνω);
Extended definition
παρ-εισ-δύω
(also -δύνω),
to slip in secretly, steal in: παρεισεδύησαν (vulgar aor.; pass. for act., El., § 19, 2), Ju 4 (cf. also MM, xix).†
(AS)
(also -δύνω),
to slip in secretly, steal in: παρεισεδύησαν (vulgar aor.; pass. for act., El., § 19, 2), Ju 4 (cf. also MM, xix).†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G3921 is translated
- came in stealthily ×1
Bible verses with G3921 (pareisdýnō)
Pareisdýnō appears in 1 verse.
- Jude 1:4
For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.