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Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do . (KJV)
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Greek text follows the SBLGNT, Textus Receptus and Byzantine readings in STEPBible's Translators Amalgamated Greek NT.
μηδὲmēdenor
Lemma: μηδέ (mēde) · Strong's: G3366
Parsing: Conjunction · Negative (CONJ-N)
Meaning: nor — μηδέ ; negative particle, related to οὐδέ as μή to οὐ, ; 1. as conic., continuing a negation or prohibition, but not, and not, nor: preceded by μή, Mat.6:25 22:29, Mrk.12:24, Luk.14:12, al.; ἵνα μή, Jhn.4:15; ὅπως μή,…
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Used 58 times. Also: Matthew 6:25, Matthew 7:6, Matthew 10:9, Matthew 10:10, Matthew 10:14, Matthew 22:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3366; TFLSJ G3366; TAGNT 1 Timothy 1:4 word 1
προσέχεινprosecheinto give heed
Lemma: προσέχω (prosechō) · Strong's: G4337
Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Infinitive (V-PAN)
Meaning: to watch out — προσ-έχω ; [in LXX for קָשַׁב hi., שָׁמַר ni., etc. ; ] ; 1. to turn to, bring to (frequently ναῦν, expressed or understood, to bring to port, land; Hdt., al.). ; 2. τ. νοῦν, before dative, to turn one's mind to, attend…
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Used 24 times. Also: Matthew 6:1, Matthew 7:15, Matthew 10:17, Matthew 16:6, Matthew 16:11, Matthew 16:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4337; TFLSJ G4337; TAGNT 1 Timothy 1:4 word 2
μύθοιςmuthoisto myths
Lemma: μῦθος (muthos) · Strong's: G3454
Parsing: Noun · Dative · Plural · Masculine (N-DPM)
Meaning: myth — μῦθος, -ου, ὁ ; [in LXX: Wis.17:4 A, Sir.20:19 * ; ] ; 1. speech, conversation. ; 2. (a) a story, narrative (Hom.); (b) later, opposite to λόγος (a true narrative) = Lat. fabula, a myth, fable, fiction: 1Ti.1:4 4:7,…
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Used 5 times. Also: 1 Timothy 4:7, 2 Timothy 4:4, Titus 1:14, 2 Peter 1:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3454; TFLSJ G3454; TAGNT 1 Timothy 1:4 word 3
καὶkaiand
Lemma: καί (kai) · Strong's: G2532
Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)
Meaning: and — καί, ; conj., ; and ; I. Copulative. ; 1. Connecting single words; (a) in general: Mat.2:18, 16:1, Mrk.2:15, Luk.8:15, Heb.1:1, al. mult.; repeated before each of the terms in a series, Mat.23:23, Luk.14:21, Rom.7:12,…
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Used 9450 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:11, Matthew 1:17, Matthew 1:19, Matthew 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2532; TFLSJ G2532; TAGNT 1 Timothy 1:4 word 4
γενεαλογίαιςgenealogiaisto genealogies
Lemma: γενεαλογία (genealogia) · Strong's: G1076
Parsing: Noun · Dative · Plural · Feminine (N-DPF)
Meaning: genealogy — γενεαλογία, -ας, ἡ (see previous word); 1. the making of a pedigree. ; 2. a genealogy: pl., 1Ti.1:4, Tit.3:9 (see CGT, in l., and ib. Intr., xlix ff.; DB, ii, p. 141).; † (AS)
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Used 2 times. Also: Titus 3:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1076; TFLSJ G1076; TAGNT 1 Timothy 1:4 word 5
ἀπεράντοις,aperantoisendless,
Lemma: ἀπέραντος (aperantos) · Strong's: G0562
Parsing: Adjective · Dative · Plural · Feminine (A-DPF)
Meaning: endless — ἀπέραντος, -ον; (περαίνω, to complete, finish) [in LXX: Job.36:26 (חֵקֶר אַיִן) 3Mac.20 * ; ] ; endless, interminable: 1Ti.1:4.†; (AS)
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Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0562; TFLSJ G0562; TAGNT 1 Timothy 1:4 word 6
αἵτινεςaitineswhich
Lemma: ὅστις (hostis, hētis) · Strong's: G3748
Parsing: Relative pronoun · Nominative · Plural · Feminine (R-NPF)
Meaning: who/which — ὅστις, ἥτις, ὅ τι (also written ὅ, τι and ὅτι; see LS, see word; WH, §411; Tdf., Pr., 111), in NT scarcely ever except in nom. (M, Pr., 91), the only instance of the oblique cases being found in ἕως ὅτου (see: ἕως),…
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Used 146 times. Also: Matthew 2:6, Matthew 5:25, Matthew 5:39, Matthew 5:41, Matthew 7:15, Matthew 7:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3748; TFLSJ G3748; TAGNT 1 Timothy 1:4 word 7
ἐκζητήσειςekzētēseisspeculations
Lemma: ἐκζήτησις (ekzētēsis) · Strong's: G6027
Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Plural · Feminine (N-APF)
Meaning: speculation — ἐκ-ζήτησις, -εως, ἡ ; (ἐκζητέω), ; a questioning (RV), subject for dispute: 1Ti.1:4.†; (AS)
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Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G6027; TFLSJ G6027; TAGNT 1 Timothy 1:4 word 8
παρέχουσινparechousinbring
Lemma: παρέχω (parechō) · Strong's: G3930
Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Indicative · 3rd · Plural (V-PAI-3P)
Meaning: to furnish occasion — παρ-έχω ; [in LXX: Psa.30:7 (עָמַד hi.), etc. ; ] ; I. Active voice., ; 1. to furnish, provide, supply; with ref. to incorporeal things, to afford, show, give, cause: with accusative, Act.22:2, 1Ti.1:4; with accusative…
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Used 16 times. Also: Matthew 26:10, Mark 14:6, Luke 6:29, Luke 7:4, Luke 11:7, Luke 18:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3930; TFLSJ G3930; TAGNT 1 Timothy 1:4 word 9
μᾶλλονmallonrather
Lemma: μᾶλλον (mallon) · Strong's: G3123H
Parsing: Adverb (ADV)
Meaning: more: rather — μάλα ; adv., [in LXX for אֲבָל, 3Ki.1:43, Dan LXX 10:21, al.; compar. for מ, Num.13:32 (31), al.; μᾶλλον ἠ (מ), Gen.19:9, al.; superlat., 2Ma.8:7, 4Ma.4:22 12:9 15:4 ; ] ; I. Pos., very, very much, exceedingly (cl.; LXX…
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Used 32 times. Also: Matthew 10:6, Matthew 10:28, Matthew 25:9, Matthew 27:24, Mark 5:26, Mark 9:42 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3123H; TFLSJ G3123H; TAGNT 1 Timothy 1:4 word 10
ἢēthan
Lemma: ἤ (ē) · Strong's: G2228
Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)
Meaning: or — ἤ, ; disjunctive and comparative particle (Bl., §36, 12; 77, 11); 1. disjunctive, or; (a) between single words: Mat.5:17 Mrk.6:56, Luk.2:24, Jhn.6:19, Rom.1:21, al.; (b) before a sentence expressing a variation, denial…
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Used 365 times. Also: Matthew 1:18, Matthew 5:17, Matthew 5:18, Matthew 5:36, Matthew 6:24, Matthew 6:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2228; TFLSJ G2228; TAGNT 1 Timothy 1:4 word 11
οἰκονομίανoikonomianstewardship
Lemma: οἰκονομία (oikonomia) · Strong's: G3622
Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Singular · Feminine (N-ASF)
Meaning: management — οἰκονομία, -ας, ἡ; (οἰκονομέω), [in LXX: Isa.22:19, 21 (מַצָּב, מֶמְשָׁלָה)* ; ] ; 1. prop. (Plat., Arist.), the office of οἰκονόμος, stewardship: Luk.16:2-4. ; 2. In later writers (Plut., al.; see AR on Eph.1:10; MM,…
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Used 9 times. Also: Luke 16:2, Luke 16:3, Luke 16:4, 1 Corinthians 9:17, Ephesians 1:10, Ephesians 3:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3622; TFLSJ G3622; TAGNT 1 Timothy 1:4 word 12
θεοῦtheouof God
Lemma: θεός (theos) · Strong's: G2316
Parsing: Noun · Genitive · Singular · Masculine · Title (N-GSM-T)
Meaning: God — θεός, -οῦ, ὁ, ἡ (Act.19:37 only; see M, Pr., 60, 244), late voc., θεέ (Mat.27:46; cf. Deu.3:24, al.), ; [in LXX chiefly for אֱלֹהִים, also for אֵל and other cognate forms, יהוה, etc. ; ] ; a god or deity, God. ; 1. In…
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Used 1338 times. Also: Matthew 1:23, Matthew 3:9, Matthew 3:16, Matthew 4:3, Matthew 4:4, Matthew 4:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2316; TFLSJ G2316; TAGNT 1 Timothy 1:4 word 13
τὴνtēnwhich [is]
Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588
Parsing: Definite article · Accusative · Singular · Feminine (T-ASF)
Meaning: the/this/who — ὁ, ἡ, τό, ; the prepositive article (ἄρθρον προτακτικόν), originally a demonstr. pron. (so usually in Hom.), in general corresponding to the Eng. definite article. ; I. As demonstr. pron. ; 1. As frequently in Hom.,…
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Used 20654 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:4, Matthew 1:5, Matthew 1:6, Matthew 1:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3588; TFLSJ G3588; TAGNT 1 Timothy 1:4 word 14
ἐνenin
Lemma: ἐν (en) · Strong's: G1722
Parsing: Preposition (PREP)
Meaning: in/on/among — ἐν, ; prep, (the most frequently of all in NT), with dative (= Heb. בְּ, Lat. in, with abl.). ; I. Of place, with dative of thing(s), of person(s), in, within, on, at, by, among: ἐν τ. πόλει, Luk.7:37; τ. οφθαλμῷ,…
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Used 2826 times. Also: Matthew 1:18, Matthew 1:20, Matthew 1:23, Matthew 2:1, Matthew 2:2, Matthew 2:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1722; TFLSJ G1722; TAGNT 1 Timothy 1:4 word 15
πίστει.pisteifaith.
Lemma: πίστις (pistis) · Strong's: G4102G
Parsing: Noun · Dative · Singular · Feminine (N-DSF)
Meaning: faith — πίστις, -εως, ἡ ; (πείθω), [in LXX chiefly for אֱמוּנָה ; ] ; 1. in active sense, faith, belief, trust, confidence, in NT always of religious faith in God or Christ or spiritual things: Mat.8:10, Luk.5:20, Act.14:9,…
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Used 240 times. Also: Matthew 8:10, Matthew 9:2, Matthew 9:22, Matthew 9:29, Matthew 15:28, Matthew 17:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4102G; TFLSJ G4102G; TAGNT 1 Timothy 1:4 word 16
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| [or] | → | μηδέ G3366 nor |
| devote themselves | → | προσέχω G4337 to watch out |
| to myths | → | μῦθος G3454 myth |
| and | → | καί G2532 and |
| endless | → | ἀπέραντος G0562 endless |
| genealogies | → | γενεαλογία G1076 genealogy |
| which | → | ὅστις G3748 who/which |
| promote | → | παρέχω G3930 to furnish occasion |
| speculation | → | ζήτησις G2214 controversy |
| rather | → | μᾶλλον G3123H more: rather |
| than | → | ἤ G2228 or |
| [the] stewardship | → | οἰκονομία G3622 management |
| of God’s [work] | → | θεός G2316 God |
| which [is] | → | ὁ G3588 the/this/who |
| by | → | ἐν G1722 in/on/among |
| faith | → | πίστις G4102G faith |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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