1 Timothy 6:5

New Testament • 12 words with Strong's data

"Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself."

Word-by-Word Analysis

עִקֵּשׁ

ʻiqqêsh

H6141

distorted; hence, false

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παραδιατριβή

paradiatribḗ

G3859

misemployment, i.e. meddlesomeness

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of

אֱנוֹשׁ

ʼĕnôwsh

H582

a man in general (singly or collectively)

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of

שָׁחַת

shâchath

H7843

to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)

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ὑμῶν

hymōn

G5216

of (from or concerning) you

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and

עָזַב

ʻâzab

H5800

to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.

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of the

אֶמֶת

ʼemeth

H571

stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness

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νομίζω

nomízō

G3543

properly, to do by law (usage), i.e. to accustom (passively, be usual); by extension, to deem or regard

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that

בֶּצַע

betsaʻ

H1215

plunder; by extension, gain (usually unjust)

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is

θεοσέβεια

theosébeia

G2317

devoutness, i.e. piety

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from such

אָסַף

ʼâçaph

H622

to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)

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נֶפֶשׁ

nephesh

H5315

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...

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Key Terms in This Verse

disputings G3859

παραδιατριβή paradiatribḗ

misemployment, i.e. meddlesomeness

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supposing G3543

νομίζω nomízō

properly, to do by law (usage), i.e. to accustom (passively, be usual); by extension, to deem or regard

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destitute H5800

עָזַב ʻâzab

to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.

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withdraw H622

אָסַף ʼâçaph

to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)

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godliness G2317

θεοσέβεια theosébeia

devoutness, i.e. piety

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minds G5216

ὑμῶν hymōn

of (from or concerning) you

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Perverse H6141

עִקֵּשׁ ʻiqqêsh

distorted; hence, false

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gain H1215

בֶּצַע betsaʻ

plunder; by extension, gain (usually unjust)

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corrupt H7843

שָׁחַת shâchath

to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)

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thyself H5315

נֶפֶשׁ nephesh

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

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Cross References

2 Timothy 3:5 cross-reference

Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

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.

Titus 1:11 cross-reference

Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.

2 Timothy 3:8 cross-reference

Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.

1 Timothy 6:6 cross-reference

But godliness with contentment is great gain.

1 Timothy 3:3 cross-reference

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

Matthew 23:13 cross-reference

But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.

Matthew 12:33 cross-reference

Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.

1 Timothy 1:6 cross-reference

From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling;

2 Thessalonians 3:6 cross-reference

Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.

2 Peter 2:15 cross-reference

Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;

1 Timothy 3:8 cross-reference

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

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.

Revelation 18:3 cross-reference

For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abunda...

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.

Ezekiel 33:31 cross-reference

And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth...

Jeremiah 8:10 cross-reference

Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unt...

Isaiah 56:11 cross-reference

Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.

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.

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