UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Sense 1: to pass by, to go by

Semantic entry: 15.28

Semantic domains: Linear Movement

Subdomains: Pass, Cross Over, Go Through, Go Around

Definition: to move past a reference point{N:001}

Sense 2: to come, to arrive, to come to be present

Semantic entry: 15.86

Semantic domains: Linear Movement

Subdomains: Come, Come To, Arrive

Definition: to come to be present at a particular place

Sense 3: to disobey, to break the law, to transgress, disobedience, transgression

Semantic entry: 36.28

Semantic domains: Guide, Discipline, Follow

Subdomains: Obey, Disobey

Definition: to act contrary to established custom or law, with the implication of intent

Notes: Languages differ appreciably in the way in which they speak of disobeying or transgressing a law. It is rarely possible to speak of ‘breaking a law,’ since nothing is actually done to the law in the process of transgression, but languages do employ such expressions as ‘to tramp on a law,’ ‘to ridicule a law,’ and ‘to laugh at a law.’ See also discussion at 36.29: παραβάτης.

Sense 4: to cease to exist, to pass away, to cease

Semantic entry: 13.93

Semantic domains: Be, Become, Exist, Happen

Subdomains: Exist

Definition: to go out of existence

Sense 5: to pass, to have passed, past

Semantic entry: 67.85

Semantic domains: Time

Subdomains: Duration of Time without Reference to Points or Units of Time: Time, Spend Time, Always, Eternal, Old, Immediately, Young

Definition: to mark the passage of time, with focus upon completion

Notes: In RV MAT 24:34 · LV MAT 24:34 · Read together MAT 24:34 it may be important to distinguish carefully between γενεά[a] meaning ‘people’ (11.4: γενεά) and γενεά [source selector 000003][d] meaning ‘time’ (67.144: γενεά), since this will undoubtedly influence the way in which the temporal reference of παρέρχομαι[e] is represented. If one understands generation in the sense of ‘people,’ then one may translate ‘these people living now will not die until all these things happen.’