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1 Timothy 5:2

The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.

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πρεσβυτέραςpresbuteraselder womenπρεσβύτερος (presbuteros)adjective, comparative, accusative, plural, feminine — “elder women”, the object formG4245elder, usually used as subst.; an elder, a member of the Sanhedrin, an elder of a Christian assembly.The elder womenὡςhōsasὡςconjunction — “as”G5613as, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that.asμητέραςmēterasmothersμήτηρ (mētēr)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “mothers”, the object formG3384a mother.mothersνεωτέραςneōterasyoungerνέος (neos)adjective, comparative, accusative, plural, feminine — “younger”, the object formG3501(a) young, youthful, (b) new, fresh.the youngerὡςhōsasὡςconjunction — “as”G5613as, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that.asἀδελφὰςadelphassistersἀδελφή (adelphē)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “sisters”, the object formG79a sister, a woman (fellow-)member of a church, a Christian woman.sistersἐνenwithἐνpreposition — “with”G1722in, on, among.withπάσῃpasēallπᾶς (pas)adjective, dative, singular, feminine — “all”, the to- or for-formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.allἁγνείᾳhagneiapurityἁγνείαnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “purity”, the to- or for-formG47purity, chastity.This verse uses “purity”.purity

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

aged women as mothers, younger ones as sisters — in all purity;

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American Standard Version (1901)

the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.

Young’s Literal Translation

aged women as mothers, younger ones as sisters — in all purity;

World English Bible

the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.

Darby Translation

elder women as mothers, younger women as sisters, with all purity.

Douay-Rheims

Old women, as mothers: young women, as sisters, in all chastity.

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