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But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry; (KJV)
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Greek text follows the SBLGNT, Textus Receptus and Byzantine readings in STEPBible's Translators Amalgamated Greek NT.
νεωτέραςneōterasYounger
Lemma: νέος (neos) · Strong's: G3501
Parsing: Adjective · Accusative · Plural · Feminine · Comparative (A-APF-C)
Meaning: new — νέος, -α, -ον ; [in LXX for נַעַר (Gen.37:2, Exo_33:11, al.), חָדָשׁ (Lev.23:16, Num.28:26, al.), etc.; compar. -ώτερος for קָטָן, צָעִיר, etc. ; ] ; 1. young, youthful: Tit.2:4. ; 2. new (prop., in respect of time;…
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Used 25 times. Also: Matthew 9:17, Mark 2:22, Luke 5:37, Luke 5:38, Luke 5:39, Luke 15:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3501; TFLSJ G3501; TAGNT 1 Timothy 5:11 word 1
δὲdehowever
Lemma: δέ (de) · Strong's: G1161
Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)
Meaning: then — δέ (before vowels δ᾽; on the general neglect of the elision in NT, see WH, App., 146; Tdf., Pr., 96), ; post-positive conjunctive particle; 1. copulative, but, in the next place, and, now (Abbott, JG, 104): Mat.1:2ff.,…
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Used 2921 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:4, Matthew 1:5, Matthew 1:6, Matthew 1:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1161; TFLSJ G1161; TAGNT 1 Timothy 5:11 word 2
χήραςchēraswidows
Lemma: χήρα (chēra) · Strong's: G5503
Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Plural · Feminine (N-APF)
Meaning: widow — χήρα, -ας, ἡ ; [in LXX chiefly for אַלְמָנָה ; ] ; a widow: Mat.23:13 (Rec., R, mg.), Mrk.12:40-43, Luk.2:37 4:25 7:12 18:3, 5 20:47 21:2-3, Act.6:1 9:39, 41, 1Co.7:8, 1Ti.5:3-5 5:11 5:16, Jas.1:27; γυνὴ χ., Luk.4:26;…
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Used 27 times. Also: Matthew 23:14, Mark 12:40, Mark 12:42, Mark 12:43, Luke 2:37, Luke 4:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G5503; TFLSJ G5503; TAGNT 1 Timothy 5:11 word 3
παραιτοῦ·paraitoudo refuse;
Lemma: παραιτέομαι (paraiteomai) · Strong's: G3868
Parsing: Verb · Present · Middle or Passive Deponent · Imperative · 2nd · Singular (V-PNM-2S)
Meaning: to refuse/excuse — παρ-αιτέομαι, -οῦμαι ; [in LXX for בָּקַשׁ pi., etc. ; ] ; 1. to beg of or from another: Mrk.15:6 (Rec. ὅνπερ ᾐτοῦντο, see Field, Notes, 43). ; 2. to deprecate; (a) prop., with neg., to entreat that not (Thuc., al.):…
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Used 12 times. Also: Mark 15:6, Luke 14:18, Luke 14:19, Acts 25:11, 1 Timothy 4:7, 2 Timothy 2:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3868; TFLSJ G3868; TAGNT 1 Timothy 5:11 word 4
ὅτανhotanwhen
Lemma: ὅταν (hotan) · Strong's: G3752
Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)
Meaning: when(-ever) — ὅταν (for ὅτ᾽ ἄν = ὅτε ἄν), ; temporal particle, ; with a conditional sense, usually of things expected to occur in an indefinite future; 1. prop., whenever; (a) (a) with subjc. praes.: Mat.6:2, 5 Mrk.14:7, Luk.11:36,…
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Used 123 times. Also: Matthew 5:11, Matthew 6:2, Matthew 6:5, Matthew 6:6, Matthew 6:16, Matthew 9:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3752; TFLSJ G3752; TAGNT 1 Timothy 5:11 word 5
γὰρgarfor
Lemma: γάρ (gar) · Strong's: G1063
Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)
Meaning: for — γάρ, ; co-ordinating particle, contr. of γε ἄρα, ; verily then, hence, in truth, indeed, yea, then, why, and when giving a reason or explanation, for, the usage in NT being in general accord with that of cl.; 1.…
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Used 1080 times. Also: Matthew 1:18, Matthew 1:20, Matthew 1:21, Matthew 2:2, Matthew 2:5, Matthew 2:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1063; TFLSJ G1063; TAGNT 1 Timothy 5:11 word 6
καταστρηνιάσωσινkatastrēniasōsinthey may grow wanton against
Lemma: καταστρηνιάω (katastrēniaō) · Strong's: G2691
Parsing: Verb · Aorist · Active · Subjunctive · 3rd · Plural (V-AAS-3P)
Meaning: to desire — κατα-στρηνιάω, -ῶ ; to wax wanton against: with genitive, 1Ti.5:11 ; (AS)
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Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2691; TFLSJ G2691; TAGNT 1 Timothy 5:11 word 7
τοῦtou<the>
Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588
Parsing: Definite article · Genitive · Singular · Masculine (T-GSM)
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.,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
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 5:11 word 8
Χριστοῦ,ChristouChrist,
Lemma: Χριστός (Christos) · Strong's: G5547
Parsing: Noun · Genitive · Singular · Masculine · Title (N-GSM-T)
Meaning: Christ — χριστός (Χρ-), -ή, -όν ; (χρίω), [in LXX for מָשִׁיחַ and cogn. forms ; ] ; 1. 1. as adj., ; (a) of things, anointing, to be used as ointment (Æsch., Eur., al.; τ. ἔλαιον τὸ χ., Lev.21:10); (b) of persons, anointed (ὁ…
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Used 568 times. Also: Matthew 1:1, Matthew 1:16, Matthew 1:17, Matthew 1:18, Matthew 2:4, Matthew 11:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G5547; TFLSJ G5547; TAGNT 1 Timothy 5:11 word 9
γαμεῖνgameinto marry
Lemma: γαμέω (gameō) · Strong's: G1060
Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Infinitive (V-PAN)
Meaning: to marry — γαμέω, -ῶ, ; [in LXX: Est.10:3, 2Ma.14:25, 4Ma.16:9 * ; ] ; to marry; 1. of the man, to marry, take to wife (ducere): absol., Mat.19:10 22:25, 30 24:38, Mrk.12:25, Luk.17:27, 20:34, 35, 1Co.7:28, 33; with accusative:…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 29 times. Also: Matthew 5:32, Matthew 19:9, Matthew 19:10, Matthew 22:25, Matthew 22:30, Matthew 24:38 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1060; TFLSJ G1060; TAGNT 1 Timothy 5:11 word 10
θέλουσινthelousinthey desire
Lemma: θέλω (thelō) · Strong's: G2309
Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Indicative · 3rd · Plural (V-PAI-3P)
Meaning: to will/desire — θέλω (the strengthened form ἐθέλω is found in Hom., and is the more frequently in Attic; see Rutherford, NPhr., 415f.), ; [in LXX for חפץ ,אבה; with neg., מאן pi., etc. ; ] ; to will, be willing, wish, desire (more…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 211 times. Also: Matthew 1:19, Matthew 2:18, Matthew 5:40, Matthew 5:42, Matthew 7:12, Matthew 8:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2309; TFLSJ G2309; TAGNT 1 Timothy 5:11 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| But | → | δέ G1161 then |
| refuse [to enroll] | → | παραιτέομαι G3868 to refuse/excuse |
| younger | → | νέος G3501 new |
| widows | → | χήρα G5503 widow |
| For | → | γάρ G1063 for |
| when | → | ὅταν G3752 when(-ever) |
| their passions draw them away | → | καταστρηνιάω G2691 to desire |
| from Christ | → | Χριστός G5547 Christ |
| they will want | → | θέλω G2309 to will/desire |
| to marry | → | γαμέω G1060 to marry |
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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