1 Timothy 3:2
New Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;"
Word-by-Word Analysis
ἐπίσκοπος
epískopos
a superintendent, i.e. Christian officer in genitive case charge of a (or the) church (literally or figuratively)
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
γρηγορεύω
grēgoreúō
to keep awake, i.e. watch (literally or figuratively)
σώφρων
sṓphrōn
safe (sound) in mind, i.e. self-controlled (moderate as to opinion or passion)
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...
טַעַם
ṭaʻam
properly, a taste, i.e. (figuratively) perception; by implication, intelligence; transitively, a mandate
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
ξενία
xenía
hospitality, i.e. (by implication) a place of entertainment
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
לָמַד
lâmad
properly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)
Key Terms in This Verse
γρηγορεύω grēgoreúō
to keep awake, i.e. watch (literally or figuratively)
Study G1127 →טַעַם ṭaʻam
properly, a taste, i.e. (figuratively) perception; by implication, intelligence; transitively, a mandate
Study H2940 →ἐπίσκοπος epískopos
a superintendent, i.e. Christian officer in genitive case charge of a (or the) church (literally or figuratively)
Study G1985 →ξενία xenía
hospitality, i.e. (by implication) a place of entertainment
Study G3578 →σώφρων sṓphrōn
safe (sound) in mind, i.e. self-controlled (moderate as to opinion or passion)
Study G4998 →לָמַד lâmad
properly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)
Study H3925 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →Cross References
And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,
Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.
That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
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