1 Timothy 3:3

New Testament • 9 words with Strong's data

"Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;"

Word-by-Word Analysis

Not

נָתַן

nâthan

H5414

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

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to

יַיִן

yayin

H3196

wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication

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no

πλήκτης

plḗktēs

G4131

a smiter, i.e. pugnacious (quarrelsome)

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not

בָּצַע

bâtsaʻ

H1214

figuratively, to finish, or (intransitively) stop

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of

צוֹא

tsôwʼ

H6674

soiled (as if excrementitious)

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בֶּצַע

betsaʻ

H1215

plunder; by extension, gain (usually unjust)

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but

אָרֵךְ

ʼârêk

H750

long

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not a

ἄμαχος

ámachos

G269

peaceable

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not

πλεονεξία

pleonexía

G4124

avarice, i.e. (by implication) fraudulency, extortion

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Key Terms in This Verse

brawler G269

ἄμαχος ámachos

peaceable

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striker G4131

πλήκτης plḗktēs

a smiter, i.e. pugnacious (quarrelsome)

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greedy H1214

בָּצַע bâtsaʻ

figuratively, to finish, or (intransitively) stop

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lucre H1215

בֶּצַע betsaʻ

plunder; by extension, gain (usually unjust)

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patient H750

אָרֵךְ ʼârêk

long

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covetous G4124

πλεονεξία pleonexía

avarice, i.e. (by implication) fraudulency, extortion

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filthy H6674

צוֹא tsôwʼ

soiled (as if excrementitious)

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wine H3196

יַיִן yayin

wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication

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given H5414

נָתַן nâthan

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

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Cross References

Titus 1:7 cross-reference

For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;

Ephesians 5:18 cross-reference

And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

Titus 3:2 cross-reference

To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.

1 Timothy 3:8 cross-reference

Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

James 4:1 cross-reference

From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?

Isaiah 28:7 cross-reference

But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way t...

1 Peter 5:2 cross-reference

Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;

Leviticus 10:9 cross-reference

Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:

Titus 2:3 cross-reference

The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;

Hebrews 13:5 cross-reference

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

Matthew 21:13 cross-reference

And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.

2 Peter 2:3 cross-reference

And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

Romans 16:18 cross-reference

For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.

Revelation 1:9 cross-reference

I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Je...

Jude 1:11 cross-reference

Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.

1 Samuel 8:3 cross-reference

And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

Proverbs 15:27 cross-reference

He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.

Ezekiel 44:21 cross-reference

Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.

Malachi 1:10 cross-reference

Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offer...

Jeremiah 6:13 cross-reference

For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

Ecclesiastes 7:8 cross-reference

Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

Isaiah 28:1 cross-reference

Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!

Acts 20:33 cross-reference

I have coveted no man’s silver, or gold, or apparel.

Micah 2:11 cross-reference

If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.

Proverbs 1:19 cross-reference

So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

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