Titus 2:4 Go deeper
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That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, (KJV)
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Greek text follows the SBLGNT, Textus Receptus and Byzantine readings in STEPBible's Translators Amalgamated Greek NT.
ἵναinaso that
Lemma: ἵνα (hina) · Strong's: G2443
Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)
Meaning: in order that/to — ἵνα, ; I. adverb (poët., Hom., al.), ; 1. of place, where, whither. ; 2. of circumstance, when. ; II. Conjunction, ; 1. prop., final, denoting purpose or end (cl.), that, in order that, usually the first word in the…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 677 times. Also: Matthew 1:22, Matthew 2:15, Matthew 4:3, Matthew 4:14, Matthew 5:29, Matthew 5:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2443; TFLSJ G2443; TAGNT Titus 2:4 word 1
σωφρονίζωσινsōphronizōsinthey may train
Lemma: σωφρονίζω (sōphronizō) · Strong's: G4994
Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Subjunctive · 3rd · Plural (V-PAS-3P)
Meaning: to train — σωφρονίζω ; [in Aq.: Isa.38:16 * ; ] ; to make σώφρων, recall one to his senses, control (RV, train): with accusative of person(s), Tit.2:4.†; (AS)
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4994; TFLSJ G4994; TAGNT Titus 2:4 word 2
τὰςtasthe
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 Titus 2:4 word 3
νέαςneasyoung [women]
Lemma: νέος (neos) · Strong's: G3501
Parsing: Adjective · Accusative · Plural · Feminine (A-APF)
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;…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
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 Titus 2:4 word 4
φιλάνδρουςphilandrouslovers of [their] husbands
Lemma: φίλανδρος (philandros) · Strong's: G5362
Parsing: Adjective · Accusative · Plural · Feminine (A-APF)
Meaning: husband-loving — φίλανδρος, -ον ; 1. loving men (Æsch.). ; 2. Of a wife, loving her husband (frequently in epitaphs, see LS, see word, Deiss., BS, 255): Tit.2:4.†; (AS)
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G5362; TFLSJ G5362; TAGNT Titus 2:4 word 5
εἶναι,einaito be,
Lemma: εἶναι (einai) · Strong's: G1511
Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Infinitive (V-PAN)
Meaning: to exist — εἰμί, ; with various uses and significations, like the English verb to be. ; I. As substantive verb. ; 1. Of persons and things, to be, exist: Act.17:28, Jhn.1:1, 8:58, 17:5, al; ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν (for past ptcp.), Rev.1:4,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 126 times. Also: Matthew 16:13, Matthew 16:15, Matthew 17:4, Matthew 19:21, Matthew 20:27, Matthew 22:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1511; TFLSJ G1511; TAGNT Titus 2:4 word 6
φιλοτέκνους,philoteknousloving [their] children,
Lemma: φιλότεκνος (philoteknos) · Strong's: G5388
Parsing: Adjective · Accusative · Plural · Feminine (A-APF)
Meaning: child loving — φιλότεκνος, -ον; (φίλος, τέκνον), [in LXX: 4Ma.15:4-6 * ; ] ; loving one's children (Hdt., Arist., Plut., al.): of women, joined with φίλανδρος, which see, Tit.2:4.†; (AS)
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G5388; TFLSJ G5388; TAGNT Titus 2:4 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| In this way | → | ἵνα G2443 in order that/to |
| they can train | → | σωφρονίζω G4994 to train |
| the | → | ὁ G3588 the/this/who |
| young [women] | → | νέος G3501 new |
| to | → | εἰμί G1510 to be |
| love [their] husbands | → | φίλανδρος G5362 husband-loving |
| [and] children | → | φιλότεκνος G5388 child loving |
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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