1 Timothy 5:23
New Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁתָה
shâthâh
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
עוֹד
ʻôwd
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
מָשַׁל
mâshal
to liken, i.e. (transitively) to use figurative language (an allegory, adage, song or the like); intransitively, to resemble
מְעַט
mᵉʻaṭ
a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)
יַיִן
yayin
wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication
מֵעֶה
mêʻeh
used only in plural the intestines, or (collectively) the abdomen, figuratively, sympathy; by implication, a vest; by extension the stomach, the uteru...
דָבַר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
νόσος
nósos
a malady (rarely figuratively, of moral disability)
Key Terms in This Verse
מֵעֶה mêʻeh
used only in plural the intestines, or (collectively) the abdomen, figuratively, sympathy; by implication, a vest; by extension the stomach, the uterus (or of men, the seat of generation), the heart (...
Study H4578 →דָבַר dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
Study H1696 →עוֹד ʻôwd
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
Study H5750 →מָשַׁל mâshal
to liken, i.e. (transitively) to use figurative language (an allegory, adage, song or the like); intransitively, to resemble
Study H4911 →Cross References
And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man’s heart.
For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.
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;
The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
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