TRANSGRESSION.See Sin.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
trans-gresh?un: From ?transgress,? to pass over or beyond; to overpass, as any rule prescribed as the limit of duty; to break or violate, as a law, civil or moral; the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or known principle of rectitude; breach of command; offense; crime; sin. In the Old Testament פּשׁע, pesha‛, occurs 80 times, rendered in all versions by ?transgression.? Its meaning is ?rebellion?; see REBELLION. The word ?rebellion? differs from this word in that it may be in the heart, though no opportunity should be granted for its manifestation: ?An evil man seeketh only rebellion? (Pro_17:11). Here the wise man contemplates an evil heart, looking for an excuse or opportunity to rebel.
The New Testament uses παράβασις, parábasis, ?trespass?: ?The law ... was added because of transgressions? (Gal_3:19); ?Where there is no law, neither is there transgression? (Rom_4:15); ?for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant? (Heb_9:15).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.