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
עָשִׁיר
ʻâshîyr
rich, whether literal or figurative (noble)
נָפַל
nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
מַסָּה
maççâh
a testing, of men (judicial) or of God (querulous)
פַּח
pach
a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)
רַב
rab
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
כְּסִיל
kᵉçîyl
properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly
נְזַק
nᵉzaq
to suffer (causatively, inflict) loss
ἐπιθυμία
epithymía
a longing (especially for what is forbidden)
שָׁטַף
shâṭaph
to gush; by implication, to inundate, cleanse; by analogy, to gallop, conquer
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
שֶׁבֶר
sheber
a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream)
ἀπώλεια
apṓleia
ruin or loss (physical, spiritual or eternal)
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁטַף shâṭaph
to gush; by implication, to inundate, cleanse; by analogy, to gallop, conquer
Study H7857 →פַּח pach
a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)
Study H6341 →שֶׁבֶר sheber
a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream)
Study H7667 →נָפַל nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
Study H5307 →Cross References
He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
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.
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.
That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
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.
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.
But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.
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.
An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
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!
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...
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...
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.
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 ...
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
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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