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παραδίδωμι

to deliver

‘to deliver’ is one of 7 main senses fuller range ↓

G3860 Strong's Greek
paradídōmi Transliteration
/par-ad-id'-o-mee/ Pronunciation
Usage in the GNT 119 appearances

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About this entry

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“to deliver” is the headline sense of the Greek verb παραδιδωμι (paradídōmi). Where the King James Version says “delivered,” newer translations reach for “betray” (Berean Standard Bible) and “over” (unfoldingWord Literal Text); the renderings breakdown has the detail. It appears 117 verses across 14 books of the Greek New Testament, among its common vocabulary. More than a quarter of its appearances fall in Matthew. Lexicons map it across 7 senses. See the sense tree, 117-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.

Gloss history

Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship

Strong's · 1890
betray
Modern gloss
to deliver
Strong's 1890 sometimes compressed multiple senses — or homonymous roots — under one number, and used 19th-century English phrasing that no longer carries the same connotation. The modern gloss reflects current Thayer scholarship; open the Lexicon Entry tab for the full sense breakdown. Download share card

About this word

Strong's G3860 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.

These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →

117
distinct verses
The word appears in 117 distinct verses.
14 / 27
NT books
The word appears in 14 of 27 New Testament books.
Matthew 4:12
first appearance
The earliest occurrence is in Matthew 4:12.
Jude 1:3
last appearance
The latest occurrence is in Jude 1:3.
#138
by frequency
Top 250 most frequent Greek words (rank 138 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).

View all 117 occurrences in the concordance →


Most concentrated in

By section of the New Testament

  • Gospels 82 · 70%
  • Acts 13 · 11%
  • Pauline Epistles 18 · 15%
  • General Epistles 4 · 3%
  • Revelation 0 · 0%

By traditional corpus

Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 117 distinct verses.

  • Gospels 82 verses · 70%
  • Lukan (Luke–Acts) 30 verses · 26%
  • Pauline corpus 18 verses · 15%
  • Johannine 15 verses · 13%
  • General (Catholic) Epistles 4 verses · 3%

How translations render this word

Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).

  • King James Version: Delivered 15×, Up 10×, Betray 8×
  • American Standard Version: Delivered 15×, Up 8×, Betrayed 7×
  • Berean Standard Bible: Betray 8×, Betrayer 7×, Will betray 7×
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text: Over 45×, Handed 10×, Handing 9×

King James Version Public Domain

Renders G3860 across 135 tagged occurrences — most commonly:

  • “Delivered” 15×
  • “Up” 10×
  • “Betray” 8×
  • “Betrayed” 6×
  • “Gave” 6×
  • “Shall betray” 6×
  • “Is betrayed” 5×
  • “Deliver” 4×
  • “I delivered” 3×
  • “Shall deliver” 3×
  • “They delivered” 3×
  • “Are delivered” 2×

Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 46 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.

American Standard Version Public Domain

Renders G3860 across 134 tagged occurrences — most commonly:

  • “Delivered” 15×
  • “Up” 8×
  • “Betrayed” 7×
  • “Deliver” 7×
  • “Gave” 7×
  • “Shall deliver” 6×
  • “Be delivered” 4×
  • “Betray” 4×
  • “Betrayeth” 4×
  • “Committed” 4×
  • “I delivered” 4×
  • “Is betrayed” 4×

Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 41 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.

Berean Standard Bible Public Domain

Renders G3860 across 119 tagged occurrences — most commonly:

  • “Betray” 8×
  • “Betrayer” 7×
  • “Will betray” 7×
  • “Is betrayed” 4×
  • “Be delivered” 3×
  • “Gave himself up” 3×
  • “Gave them over” 3×
  • “Handed over” 3×
  • “Will be delivered over” 3×
  • “Would betray” 3×
  • “Betrayed” 2×
  • “Entrusted” 2×

Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 55 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.

unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0

Renders G3860 across 177 tagged occurrences — most commonly:

  • “Over” 45×
  • “Handed” 10×
  • “Handing” 9×
  • “Hand” 7×
  • “Gave” 6×
  • “Is handed over” 5×
  • “Will hand” 5×
  • “Be handed over” 4×
  • “Betraying” 4×
  • “He might hand” 3×
  • “They will hand” 3×
  • “Up” 3×

Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 55 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.


7 senses in Thayer's, in lexicon order

The 7 senses Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.

  1. to give into the hands (of another)
  2. to give over into (one's) power or use
  3. to commit, to commend
  4. commands, rites
  5. to deliver by narrating, to report
  6. when the fruit will allow that is when its ripeness permits
  7. gives itself up, presents itself

Word origin

Derived from παρα (pará) (G3844) — from.

Part of speech: Verb TDNT: 04:49,2

From G3844 and G1325 ; to surrender that is yield up intrust transmit : - betray bring forth cast commit deliver (up) give (over up) hazard put in prison recommend.

— Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain.


Forms in the corpus

The 49 distinct written forms G3860 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that tense’s occurrences in the concordance.

Form Parsing Example Uses
παρέδωκεν parédōken Verb, Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular Matthew 18:34 17
παραδίδοται paradídotai Verb, Present, Passive, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular Matthew 26:2 7
παραδιδοὺς paradidoùs Verb, Present, Active, Participle, Nominative, Singular, Masculine Matthew 26:25 7
παραδώσει paradṓsei Verb, Future, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular Matthew 10:21 7
παραδώσουσιν paradṓsousin Verb, Future, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Plural Matthew 10:17 7
παρέδωκαν parédōkan Verb, Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Plural Matthew 27:2 5
παρέδωκα parédōka Verb, Aorist, Active, Indicative, 1st person, Singular 1 Corinthians 11:2 4
παραδοῖ paradoî Verb, Aorist, Active, Subjunctive, 3rd person, Singular Mark 4:29 4
παρεδόθη paredóthē Verb, Aorist, Passive, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular Matthew 4:12 4
παραδιδούς paradidoús Verb, Present, Active, Participle, Nominative, Singular, Masculine Matthew 26:46 3
παραδοθήσεται paradothḗsetai Verb, Future, Passive, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular Matthew 20:18 3
παραδοὺς paradoùs Verb, Aorist, Active, Participle, Nominative, Singular, Masculine Matthew 10:4 3
παραδοῦναι paradoûnai Verb, Aorist, Active, Infinitive Luke 20:20 3
παραδῷ paradō̂ Verb, Aorist, Active, Subjunctive, 3rd person, Singular Matthew 5:25 3
παρέδωκας parédōkas Verb, Aorist, Active, Indicative, 2nd person, Singular Matthew 25:20 2
παραδίδοσθαι paradídosthai Verb, Present, Passive, Infinitive Matthew 17:22 2
παραδιδόναι paradidónai Verb, Present, Active, Infinitive John 6:71 2
παραδιδόντες paradidóntes Verb, Present, Active, Participle, Nominative, Plural, Masculine Mark 13:11 2
παραδοθῆναι paradothē̂nai Verb, Aorist, Passive, Infinitive Mark 1:14 2
παρεδίδου paredídou Verb, Imperfect, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular Acts 8:3 2
παρεδώκατε paredṓkate Verb, Aorist, Active, Indicative, 2nd person, Plural Mark 7:13 2
παρέδοσαν parédosan Verb, Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Plural Luke 1:2 1
παρέδωκάν parédōkán Verb, Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Plural John 18:35 1
παραδέδοται paradédotai Verb, Perfect, Passive, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular Luke 4:6 1
παραδίδως paradídōs Verb, Present, Active, Indicative, 2nd person, Singular Luke 22:48 1
παραδεδομένοι paradedoménoi Verb, Perfect, Passive, Participle, Nominative, Plural, Masculine Acts 14:26 1
παραδεδωκόσι paradedōkósi Verb, Perfect, Active, Participle, Dative, Plural, Masculine Acts 15:26 1
παραδεδώκεισαν paradedṓkeisan Verb, Pluperfect, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Plural Mark 15:10 1
παραδιδοῖ paradidoî Verb, Present, Active, Subjunctive, 3rd person, Singular 1 Corinthians 15:24 1
παραδιδόμεθα paradidómetha Verb, Present, Passive, Indicative, 1st person, Plural 2 Corinthians 4:11 1
παραδιδόντα paradidónta Verb, Present, Active, Participle, Accusative, Singular, Masculine John 13:11 1
παραδιδόντος paradidóntos Verb, Present, Active, Participle, Genitive, Singular, Masculine Luke 22:21 1
παραδοθήσεσθε paradothḗsesthe Verb, Future, Passive, Indicative, 2nd person, Plural Luke 21:16 1
παραδοθείσης paradotheísēs Verb, Aorist, Passive, Participle, Genitive, Singular, Feminine 2 Peter 2:21 1
παραδοθείσῃ paradotheísē Verb, Aorist, Passive, Participle, Dative, Singular, Feminine Jude 1:3 1
παραδοθεὶς paradotheìs Verb, Aorist, Passive, Participle, Nominative, Singular, Masculine Acts 15:40 1
παραδοθῶ paradothō̂ Verb, Aorist, Passive, Subjunctive, 1st person, Singular John 18:36 1
παραδούς paradoús Verb, Aorist, Active, Participle, Nominative, Singular, Masculine John 19:11 1
παραδόντος paradóntos Verb, Aorist, Active, Participle, Genitive, Singular, Masculine Galatians 2:20 1
παραδώσω paradṓsō Verb, Future, Active, Indicative, 1st person, Singular Matthew 26:15 1
παραδώσων paradṓsōn Verb, Future, Active, Participle, Nominative, Singular, Masculine John 6:64 1
παραδῶ paradō̂ Verb, Aorist, Active, Subjunctive, 1st person, Singular 1 Corinthians 13:3 1
παραδῶσιν paradō̂sin Verb, Aorist, Active, Subjunctive, 3rd person, Plural Matthew 10:19 1
παρεδίδετο paredídeto Verb, Imperfect, Passive, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular 1 Corinthians 11:23 1
παρεδίδοσαν paredídosan Verb, Imperfect, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Plural Acts 16:4 1
παρεδίδουν paredídoun Verb, Imperfect, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Plural Acts 27:1 1
παρεδόθην paredóthēn Verb, Aorist, Passive, Indicative, 1st person, Singular Acts 28:17 1
παρεδόθητε paredóthēte Verb, Aorist, Passive, Indicative, 2nd person, Plural Romans 6:17 1
παρεδώκαμεν paredṓkamen Verb, Aorist, Active, Indicative, 1st person, Plural John 18:30 1

Same root — word family

Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G3860, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.

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Septuagint usage

The same Greek word παραδιδωμι appears 189 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 183 verses in 25 books.

189
LXX occurrences
Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
183
verses
Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
25 / 39
OT books
The word appears in 25 of the 39 Old Testament books.

Sample Septuagint occurrences

Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)

Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G3860) appears in the Greek Septuagint — showing the first 50 of 183. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.

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