-Psalm 138:2, KJV
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KJV Dictionary Definition: transgress
transgress
TRANSGRESS', v.t. L. 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', v.i. To offend by violating a law; to sin.
Chron 2.
transgressed
TRANSGRESS'ED, pp. Overpassed; violated.
transgressing
TRANSGRESS'ING, ppr. Passing beyond; surpassing; violating; sinning.
transgression
TRANSGRES'SION, n. 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.
Forgive thy people all their transgressions. 1 Kings 8.
1. Fault; offense; crime.
transgressive
TRANSGRESS'IVE, a. Faulty; culpable; apt to transgress.
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