1 Corinthians 7:9
New Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יָכֹל
yâkôl
to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
נָשָׂא
nâsâʼ
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
יָבַם
yâbam
to marry a (deceased) brother's widow
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...
יָבַם
yâbam
to marry a (deceased) brother's widow
שָׂרַף
sâraph
to be (causatively, set) on fire
Key Terms in This Verse
נָשָׂא nâsâʼ
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
Study H5375 →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 →Cross References
I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;
But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.
But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.
The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
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