1 Corinthians 7:8
New Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
παρθένος
parthénos
a maiden; by implication, an unmarried daughter
אַלְמָנָה
ʼalmânâh
a widow; also a desolate place
טוֹב
ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good...
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Key Terms in This Verse
יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →טוֹב ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goo...
Study H2896 →כֵּן kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)
Study H3651 →Cross References
But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:
For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
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