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Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man, (KJV)
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Greek text follows the SBLGNT, Textus Receptus and Byzantine readings in STEPBible's Translators Amalgamated Greek NT.
χήραchēraA widow
Lemma: χήρα (chēra) · Strong's: G5503
Parsing: Noun · Nominative · Singular · Feminine (N-NSF)
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 5:9 word 1
καταλεγέσθωkatalegesthōshould ld be enrol
Lemma: καταλέγω (katalegō) · Strong's: G2639
Parsing: Verb · Present · Passive · Imperative · 3rd · Singular (V-PPM-3S)
Meaning: to enrol — κατα-λέγω ; [in LXX: Deu.19:16 (עָנָה), 2Ma.7:30 R * ; ] ; 1. to lay down; mid. (in Hom.), to lie down. ; 2. to narrate (LXX, ll. with). ; 3. to choose out, hence, to enrol (as of soldiers, Hdt., Thuc., a1., see LS, see…
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Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2639; TFLSJ G2639; TAGNT 1 Timothy 5:9 word 2
μὴmēnot
Lemma: μή (mē) · Strong's: G3361
Parsing: Negative Particle · Negative · Negative (PRT-N)
Meaning: not — μή, ; subjective negative particle, ; used where the negation depends on a condition or hypothesis, expressed or understood, as distinct from οὐ, which denies absolutely. μή is used where one thinks a thing is not, as…
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Used 1087 times. Also: Matthew 1:19, Matthew 1:20, Matthew 2:12, Matthew 3:9, Matthew 3:10, Matthew 4:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3361; TFLSJ G3361; TAGNT 1 Timothy 5:9 word 3
ἔλαττονelattonless
Lemma: ἐλάσσων (elassōn) · Strong's: G1640
Parsing: Adjective · Accusative · Singular · Neuter · Comparative (A-ASN-C)
Meaning: lesser — ἐλάσσων (-ττων, Heb_7:7, WH, 1Ti_5:9), -ον; (formed, with superl. ἐλάχιστος, from the epic ἐλαχύς, little, and serving as compar. of μικρός), [in LXX for מָעַט, etc. ; ] ; less, in age, rank or quality: Jhn.2:19,…
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Used 4 times. Also: John 2:10, Romans 9:12, Hebrews 7:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1640; TFLSJ G1640; TAGNT 1 Timothy 5:9 word 4
ἐτῶνetōnthan years [old]
Lemma: ἔτος (etos) · Strong's: G2094
Parsing: Noun · Genitive · Plural · Neuter (N-GPN)
Meaning: year — ἔτος, -ους, τό ; [in LXX for שָׁנֶה ; ] ; a year: Luk.3:1, Heb.1:12, Rev.20:3, al.; ἔτη ἔχειν, Jhn.5:5 8:57; εἶναι, γίνεσθαι, ἐτῶν, Mrk.5:42, Luk.2:42, Act.4:22, 1Ti.5:9; dative pl. of space of time, Jhn.2:20,…
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Used 48 times. Also: Matthew 9:20, Mark 5:25, Mark 5:42, Luke 2:36, Luke 2:37, Luke 2:41 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2094; TFLSJ G2094; TAGNT 1 Timothy 5:9 word 5
ἑξήκονταhexēkontasixty
Lemma: ἑξήκοντα (hexēkonta) · Strong's: G1835
Parsing: Adjective · Indeclinable Numeral (A-NUI)
Meaning: sixty — ἑξήκοντα, οἱ, αἱ, τά; indecl., ; sixty: Mat.13:8, 23, Mrk.4:8, 20, Luk.24:13, 1Ti.5:9, Rev.11:3 Rev.12:6 Rev.13:18.†; (AS)
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Used 9 times. Also: Matthew 13:8, Matthew 13:23, Mark 4:8, Mark 4:20, Luke 24:13, Revelation 11:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1835; TFLSJ G1835; TAGNT 1 Timothy 5:9 word 6
γεγονυῖαgegonuiahaving been
Lemma: γίνομαι (ginomai) · Strong's: G1096
Parsing: Verb · 2nd Perfect · Active · Participle · Nominative · Singular · Feminine (V-2RAP-NSF)
Meaning: to be — γίνομαι, Ion. and κοινή for Att. γίγν- (M. Pr., 47; Bl., §6, 8 Mayser, 166 f.), ; [in LXX chiefly for היה ; ] ; 1. of persons, things occurrences, to come into being, be born, arise, come on: Jhn.1:15 8:58, 1Co.15:37; a…
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Used 675 times. Also: Matthew 1:22, Matthew 4:3, Matthew 5:18, Matthew 5:45, Matthew 6:10, Matthew 6:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1096; TFLSJ G1096; TAGNT 1 Timothy 5:9 word 7
ἑνὸςhenosof one
Lemma: εἷς (ehis) · Strong's: G1520
Parsing: Adjective · Genitive · Singular · Masculine (A-GSM)
Meaning: one — εἷς ; ιά, ἕν, genitive ἑνός, μιᾶς, ἑνός, ; cardinal numeral, one; 1. one, as opposite to many: Mat.25:15, Rom.5:12, 1Co.10:8, al.; as subst., Rom.5:15, Eph.2:14; id. with genitive partit., Mat.5:19, al.; before ἐκ (ἐξ),…
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Used 357 times. Also: Matthew 5:18, Matthew 5:19, Matthew 5:29, Matthew 5:30, Matthew 5:36, Matthew 5:41 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1520; TFLSJ G1520; TAGNT 1 Timothy 5:9 word 8
ἀνδρὸςandrosman
Lemma: ἀνήρ (anēr) · Strong's: G0435H
Parsing: Noun · Genitive · Singular · Masculine (N-GSM)
Meaning: man: husband — ἀνήρ, ἀνδρός, ὁ, ; [in LXX chiefly for אִישׁ, frequently אֱנוֹשׁ, also אָדָם, etc. ; ] ; a man, Lat. vir. ; 1. As opposite to a woman, Act.8:12, 1Ti.2:12; as a husband, Mat.1:16, Jhn.4:16, Rom.7:2, Tit.1:6. ; 2. As…
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Used 55 times. Also: Matthew 1:16, Matthew 1:19, Mark 10:12, Luke 2:36, Luke 16:18, John 4:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0435H; TFLSJ G0435H; TAGNT 1 Timothy 5:9 word 9
γυνή,gunē[the] wife,
Lemma: γυνή (gunē) · Strong's: G1135H
Parsing: Noun · Nominative · Singular · Feminine (N-NSF)
Meaning: woman: wife — γυνή, -αικός, ἡ, ; [in LXX for אִשָּׁה ; ] ; 1. a woman, married or unmarried: Mat.11:11 14:21, al.; ὕπανδρος γ., Rom.7:2; γ. χήρα, Luk.4:26; in vocat., γύναι implies neither reproof nor severity, but is used frequently…
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Used 98 times. Also: Matthew 1:20, Matthew 1:24, Matthew 5:31, Matthew 5:32, Matthew 14:3, Matthew 18:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1135H; TFLSJ G1135H; TAGNT 1 Timothy 5:9 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| A widow | → | χήρα G5503 widow |
| should be enrolled | → | καταλέγω G2639 to enrol |
| if she is | → | γίνομαι G1096 to be |
| [at least] | → | ἐλάσσων G1640 lesser |
| sixty | → | ἑξήκοντα G1835 sixty |
| years [old] | → | ἔτος G2094 year |
| faithful | → | γυνή G1135H woman: wife |
| . . . | → | εἷς G1520 one |
| to her husband | → | ἀνήρ G0435H man: husband |
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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