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
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
יַיִן
yayin
wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication
πλήκτης
plḗktēs
a smiter, i.e. pugnacious (quarrelsome)
בָּצַע
bâtsaʻ
figuratively, to finish, or (intransitively) stop
בֶּצַע
betsaʻ
plunder; by extension, gain (usually unjust)
πλεονεξία
pleonexía
avarice, i.e. (by implication) fraudulency, extortion
Key Terms in This Verse
πλεονεξία pleonexía
avarice, i.e. (by implication) fraudulency, extortion
Study G4124 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →Cross References
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;
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.
Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
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...
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;
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:
The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.
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...
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.
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
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!
I have coveted no man’s silver, or gold, or apparel.
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.
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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