3847 parabasis {par-ab'-as-is}
from 3845; TDNT - 5:739,772; n f
AV - transgression 6, breaking 1; 7
1) a going over
2) metaph. a disregarding, violating
2a) of the Mosaic law
2b) the breach of a definite, promulgated, ratified law
2c) to create transgressions, i.e. that sins might take on the
character of transgressions, and thereby the consciousness
of sin be intensified and the desire for redemption be aroused