King James Version

1 Timothy 5:11

But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;

Study

Greek

Tap a word to see its meaning.

νεωτέραςneōterasyoungerνέος (neos)adjective, comparative, accusative, plural, feminine — “younger”, the object formG3501(a) young, youthful, (b) new, fresh.the youngerδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.χήραςchēraswidowsχήρα (chēra)adjective, accusative, plural, feminine — “widows”, the object formG5503a widow.widowsπαραιτοῦparaitourefuseπαραιτέομαι (paraiteomai)verb, present middle imperative, 2nd person singular — “refuse”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3868I beg off, make excuse, deprecate, refuse, reject, decline, shun, avoid.This verse uses “refuse”.refuseὅτανhotanwhenὅτανconjunction — “when”G3752when, whenever.This verse uses “when”.whenγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.καταστρηνιάσωσινkatastrēniasōsinthey have begun to wax wanton againstκαταστρηνιάω (katastrēniaō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural — “they have begun to wax wanton against”, a single actionG2691I grow wanton towards.they have begun to wax wanton againstτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ΧριστοῦchristouChristΧριστός (christos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Christ”, the of-formG5547anointed; the Messiah, the Christ.Christγαμεῖνgameinto marryγαμέω (gameō)verb, present active infinitive — “to marry”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1060I marry, used of either sex.marryθέλουσινthelousinto willθέλω (thelō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to will”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2309I will, wish, desire, am willing, intend, design.This verse uses “will”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and younger widows be refusing, for when they may revel against the Christ, they wish to marry,

Compare Public-Domain Translations

The King James Version remains the text of this page and the canonical URL.

American Standard Version (1901)

But younger widows refuse: for when they have waxed wanton against Christ, they desire to marry;

Young’s Literal Translation

and younger widows be refusing, for when they may revel against the Christ, they wish to marry,

World English Bible

But refuse younger widows, for when they have grown wanton against Christ, they desire to marry,

Darby Translation

But younger widows decline; for when they grow wanton against Christ, they desire to marry,

Douay-Rheims

But the younger widows avoid. For when they have grown wanton in Christ, they will marry:

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Analytics Cookies