parektos marks an item or circumstance set outside what the surrounding statement includes.

As a grammatical marker, parektos introduces what is placed outside a statement's scope: a qualifying matter in Matthew 5:32, chains excluded from Paul's wish in Acts 26:29, and other matters set apart from his daily concern in 2 Corinthians 11:28.

1. Grammatical marker of an excluded matter · dominant

   In Matthew 5:32, the form introduces a matter set outside the statement about divorcing a wife; the APB renders the clause "except for a matter of sexual sin." In Acts 26:29, it marks the chains as outside Paul's wish for his hearers, while in 2 Corinthians 11:28 the APB renders the surrounding relation "Apart from other things" before describing his daily concern for the churches.

   Matthew 5:32Acts 26:292 Corinthians 11:28

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the exclusion with "except for" in Matthew 5:32 and Acts 26:29, and with "Apart from" in 2 Corinthians 11:28. These phrases indicate the clauses' overall presentation rather than a fixed English equivalent.