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Titus 1:9

Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.

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ἀντεχόμενονantechomenonHolding fastἀντέχομαι (antechomai)verb, present middle participle, accusative, singular, masculine — “Holding fast”, an ongoing or repeated actionG472trans: I hold against; intrans: I withstand; mid: I hold out against, hold firmly to, cleave to.Holding fastτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.κατὰkataasκατάpreposition — “as”G2596gen: against, down from, throughout, by; acc: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.asτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.διδαχὴνdidachēnhe hath been taughtδιδαχή (didachē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “he hath been taught”, the object formG1322teaching, doctrine, what is taught.he hath been taughtπιστοῦpistoufaithfulπιστός (pistos)adjective, genitive, singular, masculine — “faithful”, the of-formG4103trustworthy, faithful, believing.This verse uses “faithful”.λόγουlogouwordλόγος (logos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “word”, the of-formG3056a word, speech, divine utterance, analogy.ἵναhinathatἵναconjunction — “that”G2443in order that, so that.thatδυνατὸςdunatosableδυνατόςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “able”, the subject formG1415(a) of persons: powerful, able, (b) of things: possible.This verse uses “able”.ableᾖēto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.καὶkaibothκαίconjunction — “both”G2532and, even, also, namely.bothπαρακαλεῖνparakaleinto exhortπαρακαλέω (parakaleō)verb, present active infinitive — “to exhort”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3870(a) I send for, summon, invite, (b) I beseech, entreat, beg, (c) I exhort, admonish, (d) I comfort, encourage, console.to exhortἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.τῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.διδασκαλίᾳdidaskaliateachingδιδασκαλίαnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “teaching”, the to- or for-formG1319instruction, teaching.This verse uses “teaching”.τῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ὑγιαινούσῃhugiainousēbe healthyὑγιαίνω (hugiainō)verb, present active participle, dative, singular, feminine — “be healthy”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5198I am well, am in good health; I am right, reasonable, sound, pure, uncorrupted.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andτοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἀντιλέγονταςantilegontasgainsayersἀντιλέγω (antilegō)verb, present active participle, accusative, plural, masculine — “gainsayers”, an ongoing or repeated actionG483I speak or say in opposition, contradict (oppose, resist).the gainsayersἐλέγχεινelencheinto rebukeἐλέγχω (elenchō)verb, present active infinitive — “to rebuke”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1651(a) I reprove, rebuke, discipline, (b) I expose, show to be guilty.This verse uses “rebuke”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

holding — according to the teaching — to the stedfast word, that he may be able also to exhort in the sound teaching, and the gainsayers to convict;

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American Standard Version (1901)

holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able both to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict the gainsayers.

Young’s Literal Translation

holding — according to the teaching — to the stedfast word, that he may be able also to exhort in the sound teaching, and the gainsayers to convict;

World English Bible

holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict those who contradict him.

Darby Translation

clinging to the faithful word according to the doctrine taught, that he may be able both to encourage with sound teaching and refute gainsayers.

Douay-Rheims

Embracing that faithful word which is according to doctrine, that he may be able to exhort in sound doctrine, and to convince the gainsayers.

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