1 Timothy 4:3

New Testament • 12 words with Strong's data

"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."

Word-by-Word Analysis

κωλύω

kōlýō

G2967

to estop, i.e. prevent (by word or act)

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to

יָבַם

yâbam

H2992

to marry a (deceased) brother's widow

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and

צָוָה

tsâvâh

H6680

(intensively) to constitute, enjoin

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to

אָפַק

ʼâphaq

H662

to contain, i.e. (reflex.) abstain

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from

βρῶμα

brōma

G1033

food (literally or figuratively), especially (ceremonially) articles allowed or forbidden by the Jewish law

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which

אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym

H430

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...

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hath

בָּרָא

bârâʼ

H1254

(absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes)

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to be

לָקַח

lâqach

H3947

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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with

תּוֹדָה

tôwdâh

H8426

properly, an extension of the hand, i.e. (by implication) avowal, or (usually) adoration; specifically, a choir of worshippers

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of them which

אָמַן

ʼâman

H539

properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanen...

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and

יָדַע

yâdaʻ

H3045

to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...

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the

אֶמֶת

ʼemeth

H571

stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness

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Key Terms in This Verse

Forbidding G2967

κωλύω kōlýō

to estop, i.e. prevent (by word or act)

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commanding H6680

צָוָה tsâvâh

(intensively) to constitute, enjoin

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abstain H662

אָפַק ʼâphaq

to contain, i.e. (reflex.) abstain

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meats G1033

βρῶμα brōma

food (literally or figuratively), especially (ceremonially) articles allowed or forbidden by the Jewish law

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marry H2992

יָבַם yâbam

to marry a (deceased) brother's widow

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thanksgiving H8426

תּוֹדָה tôwdâh

properly, an extension of the hand, i.e. (by implication) avowal, or (usually) adoration; specifically, a choir of worshippers

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created H1254

בָּרָא bârâʼ

(absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes)

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believe H539

אָמַן ʼâman

properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain;

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received H3947

לָקַח lâqach

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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truth H571

אֶמֶת ʼemeth

stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness

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Cross References

1 Timothy 4:4 cross-reference

For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:

Romans 14:6 cross-reference

He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that e...

Hebrews 13:4 cross-reference

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

Genesis 9:3 cross-reference

Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.

Colossians 2:16 cross-reference

Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:

Romans 14:3 cross-reference

Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.

1 Corinthians 7:28 cross-reference

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.

1 Corinthians 8:8 cross-reference

But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.

Hebrews 13:9 cross-reference

Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.

Colossians 3:17 cross-reference

And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

Romans 14:17 cross-reference

For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

1 Timothy 2:4 cross-reference

Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

1 Corinthians 6:13 cross-reference

Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.

Matthew 15:36 cross-reference

And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.

Ecclesiastes 5:18 cross-reference

Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: f...

Matthew 14:19 cross-reference

And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the di...

Daniel 11:37 cross-reference

Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.

Luke 24:30 cross-reference

And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.

1 Samuel 9:13 cross-reference

As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he go up to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until he come, because he doth bless the sacrifice; and afterw...

Acts 27:35 cross-reference

And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he began to eat.

John 6:23 cross-reference

(Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks:)

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