1 Timothy 6:9

New Testament • 12 words with Strong's data

"But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition."

Word-by-Word Analysis

But they that will be

עָשִׁיר

ʻâshîyr

H6223

rich, whether literal or figurative (noble)

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נָפַל

nâphal

H5307

to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)

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into

מַסָּה

maççâh

H4531

a testing, of men (judicial) or of God (querulous)

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and a

פַּח

pach

H6341

a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)

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and into

רַב

rab

H7227

abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)

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כְּסִיל

kᵉçîyl

H3684

properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly

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and

נְזַק

nᵉzaq

H5142

to suffer (causatively, inflict) loss

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ἐπιθυμία

epithymía

G1939

a longing (especially for what is forbidden)

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which

שָׁטַף

shâṭaph

H7857

to gush; by implication, to inundate, cleanse; by analogy, to gallop, conquer

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אֱנוֹשׁ

ʼĕnôwsh

H582

a man in general (singly or collectively)

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in

שֶׁבֶר

sheber

H7667

a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream)

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ἀπώλεια

apṓleia

G684

ruin or loss (physical, spiritual or eternal)

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Key Terms in This Verse

drown H7857

שָׁטַף shâṭaph

to gush; by implication, to inundate, cleanse; by analogy, to gallop, conquer

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hurtful H5142

נְזַק nᵉzaq

to suffer (causatively, inflict) loss

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perdition G684

ἀπώλεια apṓleia

ruin or loss (physical, spiritual or eternal)

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temptation H4531

מַסָּה maççâh

a testing, of men (judicial) or of God (querulous)

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lusts G1939

ἐπιθυμία epithymía

a longing (especially for what is forbidden)

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snare H6341

פַּח pach

a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)

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foolish H3684

כְּסִיל kᵉçîyl

properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly

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rich H6223

עָשִׁיר ʻâshîyr

rich, whether literal or figurative (noble)

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destruction H7667

שֶׁבֶר sheber

a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream)

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fall H5307

נָפַל nâphal

to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)

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Cross References

Proverbs 15:27 cross-reference

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

1 Timothy 3:7 cross-reference

Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

Acts 8:20 cross-reference

But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.

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.

Mark 4:19 cross-reference

And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

Ephesians 4:22 cross-reference

That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

Matthew 13:22 cross-reference

He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.

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.

Matthew 19:22 cross-reference

But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.

Matthew 26:15 cross-reference

And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.

Proverbs 20:21 cross-reference

An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.

Proverbs 22:16 cross-reference

He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.

Proverbs 21:6 cross-reference

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

Luke 21:35 cross-reference

For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.

2 Timothy 2:26 cross-reference

And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.

Isaiah 5:8 cross-reference

Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!

Deuteronomy 7:25 cross-reference

The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the L...

Numbers 31:8 cross-reference

And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the swo...

Zechariah 11:5 cross-reference

Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.

Joshua 7:11 cross-reference

Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it ...

Proverbs 23:4 cross-reference

Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

Psalm 11:6 cross-reference

Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.

1 Timothy 1:9 cross-reference

Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of moth...

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