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Honour widows that are widows indeed. (KJV)
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Greek text follows the SBLGNT, Textus Receptus and Byzantine readings in STEPBible's Translators Amalgamated Greek NT.
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;…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
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 5:3 word 1
τίμαtimado honor
Lemma: τιμάω (timaō) · Strong's: G5091
Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Imperative · 2nd · Singular (V-PAM-2S)
Meaning: to honor — τιμάω, -ῶ; (τιμή), [in LXX for כָּבַד pi., עָרַךְ hi., etc. ; ] ; 1. to fix the value, price: with accusative of person(s), of Christ, Mat.27:9 (LXX). ; 2. to honour: with accusative of person(s), Mat.15:4 (LXX),…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 21 times. Also: Matthew 15:4, Matthew 15:6, Matthew 15:8, Matthew 19:19, Matthew 27:9, Mark 7:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G5091; TFLSJ G5091; TAGNT 1 Timothy 5:3 word 2
τὰςtaswho [are]
Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588
Parsing: Definite article · Accusative · Plural · Feminine (T-APF)
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 5:3 word 3
ὄντωςontōstruly
Lemma: ὄντως (ontōs) · Strong's: G3689
Parsing: Adverb (ADV)
Meaning: really — ὄντως ; adv. (ὤν, ptcp. of εἰμί, sum) [in LXX: Num.22:37 (אׇמְנָם), Jer.3:23 (אָכֵן), Jer.10:19 (אַךְ), 3Ki.12:24, Wis.17:14 * ; ] ; really, actually, truly: Mrk.11:32, Luk.23:47 24:34, Jhn.8:36, 1Co.14:25, Gal.3:21…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 10 times. Also: Mark 11:32, Luke 23:47, Luke 24:34, John 8:36, 1 Corinthians 14:25, Galatians 3:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3689; TFLSJ G3689; TAGNT 1 Timothy 5:3 word 4
χήρας.chēraswidows.
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;…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
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 5:3 word 5
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Honor | → | τιμάω G5091 to honor |
| [the] widows | → | χήρα G5503 widow |
| who [are] | → | ὁ G3588 the/this/who |
| truly | → | ὄντως G3689 really |
| widows | → | χήρα G5503 widow |
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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