Strong's Greek Concordance

G3929: πάρεσις

páresis · “passing over”

Definition

praetermission, i.e. toleration

KJV translates it as: remission

Word origin: from G2935 (κτήτωρ);

Extended definition

πάρεσις, -εως, ἡ
(παρίημι),
1. a letting go, dismissal.
2. prætermission, passing by (of debt or sin) : Rom.3:25†
SYN.: ἄφεσις, q.v (AS)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).

How G3929 is translated

  • forbearance ×1

Bible verses with G3929 (páresis)

Páresis appears in 1 verse.

  • Romans 3:25

    Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;