King James Version

2 Corinthians 10:9

That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.

Study

Greek

Tap a word to see its meaning.

ἵναhinaThatἵναconjunction — “That”G2443in order that, so that.Thatμὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.δόξωdoxōI mayδοκέω (dokeō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 1st person singular — “I may”, a single actionG1380I think, seem, appear, it seems.I mayὡςhōsasὡςconjunction — “as”G5613as, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that.asἂνanifἄνparticle — “if”G302an untranslatable word (under the circumstances, in that case, anyhow), the general effect of which is to make a statement contingent, which would otherwise be definite: it is thus regularly used with the subjunctive mood.ifἐκφοβεῖνekphobeinto I would terrifyἐκφοβέω (ekphobeō)verb, present active infinitive — “to I would terrify”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1629I frighten away, terrify.I would terrifyὑμᾶςhumasyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, accusative, plural — “you”, the object formG4771you.youδιὰdiabyδιάpreposition — “by”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.byτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἐπιστολῶνepistolōnlettersἐπιστολή (epistolē)noun, genitive, plural, feminine — “letters”, the of-formG1992a letter, dispatch, epistle, message.letters

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

that I may not seem as if I would terrify you through the letters,

Compare Public-Domain Translations

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

American Standard Version (1901)

that I may not seem as if I would terrify you by my letters.

Young’s Literal Translation

that I may not seem as if I would terrify you through the letters,

World English Bible

that I may not seem as if I desire to terrify you by my letters.

Darby Translation

that I may not seem as if I was frightening you by letters:

Douay-Rheims

But that I may not be thought as it were to terrify you by epistles,

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Analytics Cookies