King James Bible Dictionary

TRANSGRESS', verb transitive [Latin transgressus, transgredior; trans and gradior, to pass.]

1. To pass over or beyond any limit; to surpass.

2. In a moral sense, to overpass any rule prescribed as the limit of duty; to break or violate a law, civil or moral. To transgress a divine law, is sin. Legislators should not transgress laws of their own making.

TRANSGRESS', verb intransitive To offend by violating a law; to sin.

Chron 2.

TRANSGRESS'ED, participle passive Overpassed; violated.

TRANSGRESS'ING, participle present tense Passing beyond; surpassing; violating; sinning.

TRANSGRES'SION, noun The act of passing over or beyond any law or rule of moral duty; the violation of a law or known principle of rectitude; breach of command.

He mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away. Ezra 10:6.

Forgive thy people all their transgressions. 1 Kings 8:50.

1. Fault; offense; crime.

TRANSGRES'SIONAL, adjective That violates a law or rule of duty.

TRANSGRESS'IVE, adjective Faulty; culpable; apt to transgress.

TRANSGRESS'OR, noun One who breaks a law or violates a command; one who violates any known rule or principle of rectitude; a sinner.

The way of transgressors is hard. Proverbs 13:2.