παραβῆναι (parabenai)

παραβῆναι is an Ancient Greek form of παραβαίνω, meaning “step aside, transgress”.

Found 46 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, De Vitioso Pudore 16: … αιρὸς εἰπεῖν καὶ πυθέσθαι, τί αἴσχιόν ἐστι; τὸ σολοικίσαι καὶ διαστρέψαι τὸ πρόσωπον ἢ τὸ λῦσαι τὸν νόμον καὶ παραβῆναι τὸν ὅρκον καὶ πλέον νεῖμαι τῷ πονηρῷ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ παρὰ τὸ δίκαιον. ἔτι τοίνυν, ὥσπερ Νικόστρατος ὁ Ἀργεῖος, Ἀρχ …

Flavius Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 3.223: … φυλαχθῆναι δωρεὰν εἶναι δόξαντας τοῦ θεοῦ, ὡς μήτʼ ἐν εἰρήνῃ ὑπὸ τρυφῆς μήτʼ ἐν πολέμῳ κατʼ ἀνάγκην Ἑβραίους παραβῆναί τινα τῶν νόμων. ἀλλὰ περὶ μὲν τούτων παύομαι λέγων γραφὴν ἑτέραν ἠξιωκὼς συνθεῖναι περὶ τῶν νόμων.

All forms of παραβαίνω (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.