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1 Corinthians 14

1 Cor. 14:34 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Letg your
humon (Greek #5216)
of (from or concerning) you
KJV usage: ye, you, your (own, -selves).
Pronounce: hoo-mone'
Origin: genitive case of 5210
women
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
gune (Greek #1135)
a woman; specially, a wife
KJV usage: wife, woman.
Pronounce: goo-nay'
Origin: probably from the base of 1096
keep silence
sigao (Greek #4601)
to keep silent (transitively or intransitively)
KJV usage: keep close (secret, silence), hold peace.
Pronounce: see-gah'-o
Origin: from 4602
in
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
the churches
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
ekklesia (Greek #1577)
a calling out, i.e. (concretely) a popular meeting, especially a religious congregation (Jewish synagogue, or Christian community of members on earth or saints in heaven or both)
KJV usage: assembly, church.
Pronounce: ek-klay-see'-ah
Origin: from a compound of 1537 and a derivative of 2564
: for
gar (Greek #1063)
properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
KJV usage: and, as, because (that), but, even, for, indeed, no doubt, seeing, then, therefore, verily, what, why, yet.
Pronounce: gar
Origin: a primary particle
it is
epitrepo (Greek #2010)
to turn over (transfer), i.e. allow
KJV usage: give leave (liberty, license), let, permit, suffer.
Pronounce: ep-ee-trep'-o
Origin: from 1909 and the base of 5157
not
ou (Greek #3756)
the absolute negative (compare 3361) adverb; no or not
KJV usage: + long, nay, neither, never, no (X man), none, (can-)not, + nothing, + special, un(-worthy), when, + without, + yet but. See also 3364, 3372.
Pronounce: oo
Origin: οὐκ (ook), and (before an aspirate) οὐχ (ookh) a primary word
permitted
epitrepo (Greek #2010)
to turn over (transfer), i.e. allow
KJV usage: give leave (liberty, license), let, permit, suffer.
Pronounce: ep-ee-trep'-o
Origin: from 1909 and the base of 5157
unto them
autos (Greek #846)
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative 1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
KJV usage: her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare 848.
Pronounce: ow-tos'
Origin: from the particle αὖ (perhaps akin to the base of 109 through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward)
to speak
laleo (Greek #2980)
to talk, i.e. utter words
KJV usage: preach, say, speak (after), talk, tell, utter. Compare 3004.
Pronounce: lal-eh'-o
Origin: a prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb
; but
alla (Greek #235)
properly, other things, i.e. (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations)
KJV usage: and, but (even), howbeit, indeed, nay, nevertheless, no, notwithstanding, save, therefore, yea, yet.
Pronounce: al-lah'
Origin: neuter plural of 243
they are commanded to be under obedience
hupotasso (Greek #5293)
to subordinate; reflexively, to obey
KJV usage: be under obedience (obedient), put under, subdue unto, (be, make) subject (to, unto), be (put) in subjection (to, under), submit self unto.
Pronounce: hoop-ot-as'-so
Origin: from 5259 and 5021
h, as
kathos (Greek #2531)
just (or inasmuch) as, that
KJV usage: according to, (according, even) as, how, when.
Pronounce: kath-oce'
Origin: from 2596 and 5613
also
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
saith
lego (Greek #3004)
properly, to "lay" forth, i.e. (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas 2036 and 5346 generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; while 4483 is properly to break silence merely, and 2980 means an extended or random harangue)); by implication, to mean
KJV usage: ask, bid, boast, call, describe, give out, name, put forth, say(-ing, on), shew, speak, tell, utter.
Pronounce: leg'-o
Origin: a primary verb
i the law
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
nomos (Greek #3551)
law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of Moses (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively (a principle)
KJV usage: law.
Pronounce: nom'-os
Origin: from a primary νέμω (to parcel out, especially food or grazing to animals)
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1 Tim. 2:11‑12• 11Let a woman in quietness learn in all subjection.
 12But to teach I permit not a woman, nor to exercise authority over a man, but to be in quietness. (1 Tim. 2:11‑12)
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Eph. 5:22• 22Wives, [submit yourselves] to your own husbands as to the Lord; (Eph. 5:22)
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Titus 2:5• 5discreet, chaste, workers at home, good, subject to their own husbands, that the word of God be not ill-spoken of. (Titus 2:5)
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1 Peter 3:1• 1Likewise, ye wives, [be] subject to your own husbands, that even if any are disobedient to the word, they may be gained without word through the behaviour of the wives, (1 Peter 3:1)
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Gen. 3:16• 16Unto the woman he said, Increasing I will increase thy sorrow and thy conception: in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; unto thy husband [shall be] thy desire, and he shall rule over thee. (Gen. 3:16)
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Num. 30:3‑12• 3If a woman also vow a vow unto Jehovah, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father's house in her youth;
 4and her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.
 5But if her father prohibited her in the day that he heard, none of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand; and Jehovah shall pardon her, because her father prohibited her.
 6And if she have a husband, when she hath her vow upon her or ought that hath passed her lips wherewith she hath bound her soul,
 7and her husband hear it and be silent at her in the day that he heareth it, then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.
 8But if her husband prohibit her on the day that he heareth it, and annul her vow which is upon her, and what hath passed her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul, then Jehovah shall pardon her.
 9But the vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, —everything wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand against her.
 10And if she have vowed in her husband's house, or have bound her soul by an oath with a bond,
 11and her husband have heard it, and been silent at her, and hath not prohibited her, then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.
 12But if her husband have expressly annulled them on the day that he heard them, then nothing of that which is gone out of her lips as to her vows or the bond on her soul, shall stand: her husband hath annulled them; and Jehovah will pardon her. (Num. 30:3‑12)
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Esther 1:20• 20And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his kingdoms (for it is great), all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small. (Esther 1:20)

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Ministry on This Verse

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women.
1 Cor. 11:5• 5But every woman praying or prophesying with the head uncovered shameth her own head; for it is one and the same thing as if she were shaven. (1 Cor. 11:5)
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1 Tim. 2:11‑12• 11Let a woman in quietness learn in all subjection.
 12But to teach I permit not a woman, nor to exercise authority over a man, but to be in quietness. (1 Tim. 2:11‑12)
they are.
1 Cor. 14:35• 35But if they desire to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home, for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in an assembly. (1 Cor. 14:35)
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1 Cor. 11:3,7‑10• 3But I wish you to know that the head of every man is the Christ, and woman's head the man, and the Christ's head God.
 7For a man indeed ought not to have his head covered, being God's image and glory; but the woman is man's glory.
 8For man is not of woman, but woman of man.
 9For also man was not created on account of the woman, but woman on account of the man.
 10On this account ought the woman to have authority on her head on account of the angels. (1 Cor. 11:3,7‑10)
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Eph. 5:22‑24,33• 22Wives, [submit yourselves] to your own husbands as to the Lord;
 23for a husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ [is] head of the assembly: he [is] the saviour of the body.
 24But as the assembly is subject to the Christ, so also the wives to their own husbands in everything.
 33Nevertheless, ye also every one, let each so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife fear the husband. (Eph. 5:22‑24,33)
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Col. 3:18• 18Wives, be subject to the husbands, as was fitting in [the] Lord. (Col. 3:18)
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Titus 2:5• 5discreet, chaste, workers at home, good, subject to their own husbands, that the word of God be not ill-spoken of. (Titus 2:5)
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1 Peter 3:1‑6• 1Likewise, ye wives, [be] subject to your own husbands, that even if any are disobedient to the word, they may be gained without word through the behaviour of the wives,
 2having beheld your chaste behaviour in fear;
 3whose adornment let it not be the outward one of plaiting the hair, and of wearing gold, or of putting on apparel,
 4but the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible of the meek and quiet spirit which is in the sight of God very precious.
 5For thus also heretofore the holy women that hoped in God adorned themselves, being subject to their own husbands;
 6as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose children ye became doing good and not being afraid of any dismay. (1 Peter 3:1‑6)
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1 Cor. 14:21• 21In the law it is written, By men of other tongues, and by lips of others, will I speak to this people; and not even thus will they listen to me, saith [the] Lord. (1 Cor. 14:21)
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Gen. 3:16• 16Unto the woman he said, Increasing I will increase thy sorrow and thy conception: in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; unto thy husband [shall be] thy desire, and he shall rule over thee. (Gen. 3:16)
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Num. 30:3‑13• 3If a woman also vow a vow unto Jehovah, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father's house in her youth;
 4and her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.
 5But if her father prohibited her in the day that he heard, none of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand; and Jehovah shall pardon her, because her father prohibited her.
 6And if she have a husband, when she hath her vow upon her or ought that hath passed her lips wherewith she hath bound her soul,
 7and her husband hear it and be silent at her in the day that he heareth it, then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.
 8But if her husband prohibit her on the day that he heareth it, and annul her vow which is upon her, and what hath passed her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul, then Jehovah shall pardon her.
 9But the vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, —everything wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand against her.
 10And if she have vowed in her husband's house, or have bound her soul by an oath with a bond,
 11and her husband have heard it, and been silent at her, and hath not prohibited her, then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.
 12But if her husband have expressly annulled them on the day that he heard them, then nothing of that which is gone out of her lips as to her vows or the bond on her soul, shall stand: her husband hath annulled them; and Jehovah will pardon her.
 13Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband can establish it, or her husband can annul it. (Num. 30:3‑13)
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Esther 1:17‑20• 17For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, to make their husbands contemptible in their eyes, when it shall be reported. The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.
 18And this day shall the princesses of Persia and Media who have heard of the deed of the queen say the like unto all the king's princes. So shall there arise contempt and wrath enough.
 19If it please the king, let there go forth a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, that Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.
 20And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his kingdoms (for it is great), all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small. (Esther 1:17‑20)
• Verse 34 is the tenor of the law, if not a particular law. The Apostle is peremptory about it in Timothy. "I suffer not a woman to teach," he says. I think it is a little out of place for a woman even to raise a hymn; but I do not object, if she do it modestly. (“Notes on 1 Corinthians 14” by J.N. Darby)
• Women are forbidden to speak in the assemblies. It might have been supposed by those who love to reason that there if anywhere they might be allowed. (“Notes on 1 Corinthians 14:26-40” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Let your women be silent in the assemblies, for it is not permitted to them to speak; but to be in subjection, as the law also says.

W. Kelly Translation

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34
Let the women be silent in the assemblies; for it is not permitted to them to speaka, but let them be in subjection, as also the law saith.

WK Translation Notes

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What can be more distinct and peremptory than this? The ingenuity of will, however, has found a supposed loophole. The word "speak," say they, means only to talk familiarly or to chatter. This is wholly untrue. It is the regular word for giving utterance, as may be seen in .