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1 Timothy 6:10

For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

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ῥίζαrhizarootῥίζαnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “root”, the subject formG4491a root, shoot, source; that which comes from the root, a descendent.the rootγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.πάντωνpantōnof allπᾶς (pas)adjective, genitive, plural, neuter — “of all”, the of-formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.of allτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.κακῶνkakōnevilκακός (kakos)adjective, genitive, plural, neuter — “evil”, the of-formG2556bad, evil, in the widest sense.This verse uses “evil”.evilἐστινestinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.ἡhētheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.φιλαργυρίαphilargurialove of moneyφιλαργυρίαnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “love of money”, the subject formG5365love of money, avarice, covetousness.This verse uses “love of money”.ἧςhēswhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, genitive, singular, feminine — “which”, the of-formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.whichτινεςtineswhile someτις (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “while some”, the subject formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.while someὀρεγόμενοιoregomenoicoveted afterὀρέγομαι (oregomai)verb, present middle participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “coveted after”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3713I stretch forth, mid: I hanker after, long for, am eager for, aspire to.coveted afterἀπεπλανήθησανapeplanēthēsanthey have erredἀποπλανάω (apoplanaō)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person plural — “they have erred”, a single actionG635I cause to go astray; pass: I am led astray.they have erredἀπὸapofromἀπόpreposition — “from”G575from, away from.This verse uses “from”.fromτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.πίστεωςpisteōsfaithπίστις (pistis)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “faith”, the of-formG4102faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness.This verse uses “faith”.the faithκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἑαυτοὺςheautousthemselvesἑαυτοῦ (heautou)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “themselves”, the object formG1438himself, herself, itself.themselvesπεριέπειρανperiepeiranthroughπεριπείρω (peripeirō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “through”, a single actionG4044I put on a spit; met: I pierce, wound deeply.throughὀδύναιςodunaissorrowsὀδύνη (odunē)noun, dative, plural, feminine — “sorrows”, the to- or for-formG3601pain, sorrow, distress, of body or mind.sorrowsπολλαῖςpollaismuchπολύς (polus)adjective, dative, plural, feminine — “much”, the to- or for-formG4183much, many; often.This verse uses “much”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

for a root of all the evils is the love of money, which certain longing for did go astray from the faith, and themselves did pierce through with many sorrows;

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American Standard Version (1901)

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil: which some reaching after have been led astray from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

Young’s Literal Translation

for a root of all the evils is the love of money, which certain longing for did go astray from the faith, and themselves did pierce through with many sorrows;

World English Bible

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

Darby Translation

For the love of money is [the] root of every evil; which some having aspired after, have wandered from the faith, and pierced themselves with many sorrows.

Douay-Rheims

For the desire of money is the root of all evils; which some coveting have erred from the faith, and have entangled themselves in many sorrows.

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