UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Inflections: παραρρέω; aor.pass.subj.; παραρυῶ

Related lemmas: ῥέω

Sense 1: to give up a belief, to drift away from a belief

Semantic entry: 31.69

Semantic domains: Hold a View, Believe, Trust

Subdomains: Change an Opinion Concerning Truth

Definition: (a figurative extension of meaning of παραρρέω ‘to flow from alongside,’ not occurring in the NT) to gradually give up one’s belief in the truth

Notes: It is also possible to render μήποτε παραρυῶμεν in RV HEB 2:1 · LV HEB 2:1 · Read together HEB 2:1 as ‘so that we will not gradually give up believing what we have believed in the past.’

HEB 2:1: RV HEB 2:1 · LV HEB 2:1 · Read together HEB 2:1

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OET-RV HEB 2:1

2 Because of that, it’s much more appropriate for us to listen carefully to the message so we don’t drift away.

OET-LV HEB 2:1

2 Because _of this, it _is _fitting more _abundantly to _be _giving _heed us to _the things having _been _heard, lest we _may _be _drifted _away.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

παραρρέω

Form 1

Sense 1: to give up a belief, to drift away from a belief