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1 Peter 5

1 Peter 5:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Be sober
nepho (Greek #3525)
of uncertain affinity: to abstain from wine (keep sober), i.e. (figuratively) be discreet
KJV usage: be sober, watch.
Pronounce: nay'-fo
, be vigilant
gregoreuo (Greek #1127)
to keep awake, i.e. watch (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: be vigilant, wake, (be) watch(-ful).
Pronounce: gray-gor-yoo'-o
Origin: from 1453
; because
hoti (Greek #3754)
demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because
KJV usage: as concerning that, as though, because (that), for (that), how (that), (in) that, though, why.
Pronounce: hot'-ee
Origin: neuter of 3748 as conjunction
your
humon (Greek #5216)
of (from or concerning) you
KJV usage: ye, you, your (own, -selves).
Pronounce: hoo-mone'
Origin: genitive case of 5210
adversary
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
antidikos (Greek #476)
an opponent (in a lawsuit); specially, Satan (as the arch-enemy)
KJV usage: adversary.
Pronounce: an-tid'-ee-kos
Origin: from 473 and 1349
the devil
diabolos (Greek #1228)
a traducer; specially, Satan (compare 07854)
KJV usage: false accuser, devil, slanderer.
Pronounce: dee-ab'-ol-os
Origin: from 1225
, as
hos (Greek #5613)
which how, i.e. in that manner (very variously used, as follows)
KJV usage: about, after (that), (according) as (it had been, it were), as soon (as), even as (like), for, how (greatly), like (as, unto), since, so (that), that, to wit, unto, when(-soever), while, X with all speed.
Pronounce: hoce
Origin: probably adverb of comparative from 3739
y a roaring
oruomai (Greek #5612)
to "roar"
KJV usage: roar.
Pronounce: o-roo'-om-ahee
Origin: middle voice of an apparently primary verb
lion
leon (Greek #3023)
a "lion"
KJV usage: lion.
Pronounce: leh-ohn'
Origin: a primary word
, walketh about
peripateo (Greek #4043)
to tread all around, i.e. walk at large (especially as proof of ability); figuratively, to live, deport oneself, follow (as a companion or votary)
KJV usage: go, be occupied with, walk (about).
Pronounce: per-ee-pat-eh'-o
Origin: from 4012 and 3961
, seeking
zeteo (Greek #2212)
to seek (literally or figuratively); specially, (by Hebraism) to worship (God), or (in a bad sense) to plot (against life)
KJV usage: be (go) about, desire, endeavour, enquire (for), require, (X will) seek (after, for, means). Compare 4441.
Pronounce: dzay-teh'-o
Origin: of uncertain affinity
whom
tis (Greek #5101)
an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)
KJV usage: every man, how (much), + no(-ne, thing), what (manner, thing), where (-by, -fore, -of, -unto, - with, -withal), whether, which, who(-m, -se), why.
Pronounce: tis
Origin: probably emphatic of 5100
he may devour
katapino (Greek #2666)
to drink down, i.e. gulp entire (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: devour, drown, swallow (up).
Pronounce: kat-ap-ee'-no
Origin: from 2596 and 4095
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Rev. 12:12• 12Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that tabernacle in them. Woe to the earth and to the sea! for the devil is gone down unto you, having great fury, knowing that he hath a short time. (Rev. 12:12)

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Lion,
The Adversary,
The Devil

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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sober.
1 Peter 1:13• 13Wherefore, having girded up the loins of your mind, being sober, hope perfectly for the grace that is to be brought to you at Jesus Christ's revelation; (1 Peter 1:13)
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1 Peter 4:7• 7But the end of all things hath drawn nigh. Be discreet therefore and watch unto prayers, (1 Peter 4:7)
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Matt. 24:48‑50• 48But if that evil bondman shall say in his heart, My lord tarrieth;
 49and shall begin to beat his fellow-bondmen, and shall eat and drink with the drunken,
 50the lord of that bondman shall come in a day when he expecteth not, and in an hour that he knoweth not, (Matt. 24:48‑50)
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Luke 12:45‑46• 45But if that bondman should say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and to drink and to be drunken,
 46the lord of that bondman shall come in a day when he doth not expect it, and in an hour he knoweth not of, and shall cut him in two, and appoint his portion with the unbelievers. (Luke 12:45‑46)
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Luke 21:34,36• 34But take heed to yourselves lest possibly your hearts be weighed down with surfeiting and drunkenness and cares of life, and that day come upon you suddenly unawares,
 36But watch, at every season praying that ye may be deemed worthy to escape all these things that are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. (Luke 21:34,36)
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Rom. 13:11‑13• 11And this, knowing the time, that [it is] already time that we should awake from sleep; for now [is] our salvation nearer than when we believed.
 12The night is far spent, and the day is near: let us therefore put off the deeds of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
 13As in daylight, let us walk becomingly, not in revels and drunkenness, not in chambering and indecency, not in strife and envy; (Rom. 13:11‑13)
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1 Thess. 5:6‑8• 6So, then, let us not sleep as [do] the rest, but let us watch and be sober.
 7For they that sleep sleep by night, and they that are drunk drink by night;
 8but we being of day, let us be sober, putting on a breastplate of faith and love, and hope of salvation as helmet. (1 Thess. 5:6‑8)
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1 Tim. 2:9,15• 9in like manner also that women in seemly deportment adorn themselves with modesty and sobriety, not with braids and gold or pearls or costly apparel,
 15but she shall be saved in child-bearing, if they continue in faith and love and holiness with sobriety. (1 Tim. 2:9,15)
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1 Tim. 3:2,11• 2The overseer therefore must be irreproachable, husband of one wife, temperate, sober, orderly, hospitable, apt to teach,
 11Women likewise [must be] grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things. (1 Tim. 3:2,11)
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Titus 1:8• 8but hospitable, a lover of good, sober-minded, just, holy, temperate, (Titus 1:8)
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Titus 2:2,4,6,12• 2that elder men be sober, grave, discreet, healthful in their faith, in their love, in their patience;
 4that they may train the young women to be lovers of husbands, lovers of children,
 6The younger men likewise exhort to be right-minded,
 12instructing us that, having denied ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and godlily in this present age, (Titus 2:2,4,6,12)
your.
Esther 7:6•  (Esther 7:6)
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Job 1:6•  (Job 1:6)
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Job 2:2•  (Job 2:2)
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Psa. 109:6•  (Psa. 109:6)
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Psa. 109•  (Psa. 109)
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Isa. 50:8•  (Isa. 50:8)
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Zech. 3:1•  (Zech. 3:1)
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Luke 22:31• 31And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold Satan has begged for you to sift as wheat, (Luke 22:31)
the devil.
Matt. 4:1,11• 1{i}Then Jesus was carried up into the wilderness by the Spirit to be tempted of the devil:{/i}
 11{i}Then the devil leaves him, and behold, angels came and ministered to him.{/i} (Matt. 4:1,11)
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Matt. 13:39• 39{i}and the enemy who has sowed it is the devil; and the harvest is [the] completion of [the] age, and the harvestmen are angels.{/i} (Matt. 13:39)
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Matt. 25:41• 41Then shall he say also to those on the left, Go from me, accursed, into the everlasting fire that is prepared for the devil and his angels. (Matt. 25:41)
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John 8:44• 44Ye are of your father, the devil, and ye desire to practice the lusts of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him: whenever he speaketh the lie, he speaketh out of his own things, because he is a liar, and the father of it. (John 8:44)
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Eph. 4:27• 27nor yet give room for the devil. (Eph. 4:27)
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Eph. 6:11• 11Put on the panoply of God, that ye may be able to stand against the stratagems of the devil; (Eph. 6:11)
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James 4:7• 7Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. (James 4:7)
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1 John 3:8‑10• 8He that doeth sin is of the devil, for from [the] beginning the devil sinneth. To this end was manifested the Son of God that he might undo the works of the devil.
 9Every one that hath been born of God doeth not sin, because his seed abideth in him; and he cannot sin, because he hath been begotten of God.
 10Herein are manifest the children of God and the children of the devil: every one that doeth not righteousness is not of God, and he that loveth not his brother. (1 John 3:8‑10)
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Rev. 12:9• 9And the great dragon was cast {i}out{/i}, the ancient serpent, that is called {i}the{/i} Devil and Satan, that deceiveth the whole habitable {i}world{/i}: he was cast into the earth, and his angels were cast with him. (Rev. 12:9)
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Rev. 20:2,10• 2And he laid hold on the dragon, the ancient serpent, which is {i}the{/i} Devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
 10And the devil that deceived them was cast also into the lake of fire and brimstone, where also the beast and the false prophet {i}are{/i}; and they shall be tormented day and night unto the ages of the ages. (Rev. 20:2,10)
as.
Judg. 14:5•  (Judg. 14:5)
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Psa. 104:21•  (Psa. 104:21)
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Prov. 19:12•  (Prov. 19:12)
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Prov. 20:2•  (Prov. 20:2)
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Isa. 5:29‑30•  (Isa. 5:29‑30)
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Isa. 14:12‑13•  (Isa. 14:12‑13)
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Jer. 2:15•  (Jer. 2:15)
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Jer. 51:38•  (Jer. 51:38)
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Ezek. 19:7•  (Ezek. 19:7)
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Hos. 11:10•  (Hos. 11:10)
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Joel 3:16•  (Joel 3:16)
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Amos 1:2•  (Amos 1:2)
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Amos 3:4,8•  (Amos 3:4,8)
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Zech. 11:3•  (Zech. 11:3)
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2 Tim. 4:17• 17But the Lord stood by me and gave me power, that through me the proclamation might be fully made, and all the Gentiles might hear; and I was delivered out of a lion's mouth. (2 Tim. 4:17)
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Rev. 12:12• 12Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that tabernacle in them. Woe to the earth and to the sea! for the devil is gone down unto you, having great fury, knowing that he hath a short time. (Rev. 12:12)
walketh.
Job 1:7•  (Job 1:7)
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Job 2:2•  (Job 2:2)
devour.
Ezek. 22:25•  (Ezek. 22:25)
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Dan. 6:24•  (Dan. 6:24)
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Hos. 13:8•  (Hos. 13:8)
• Here it is as a roaring lion Satan comes, hence these Hebrew believers were going through persecution. In the 2nd Epistle he comes as a snake in the grass, introducing moral corruption. (“Exhortations” by W.T.P. Wolston)
• We can passingly notice what more affects leaders, the fault and the snare of the devil endangering an overseer, as in 1 Timothy 3:6-7; and the possible recovery from his snare, as in the Second Epistle (2 Tim. 2:22,26), for adversaries that repent. In Heb. 2:14-15, he is the one that has the might of death annulled through the Savior's death; and in the Revelation he is shown fully both as to the church and in the world to his utter ruin. (“1 Peter 5:8-11” by W. Kelly)
• It is in the character of a roaring lion, one who excites open persecution, that the Apostle presents him. (“1 Peter 5” by J.N. Darby)
• If faith be a mere matter of mental enlightenment, mere head-conviction and not heart-trust, it fails and he devours us. We are therefore to be sober and watchful. (“1 Peter 5” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Be vigilantd, watch. Your adversary the devil as a roaring lion walks about seeking whom he may devour.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "be humbled," aorist; also "vigilant," "watch," and "resist" refer to characters to be won. see Note g, ver. 2.

W. Kelly Translation

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Be vigilant, watcha: your adversary [the] devil as a roaring lion walketh about, seeking whom he may devour;

WK Translation Notes

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The best authorities do not support the word "because" of the T. R. followed by the KJV. It clogs the vigor of words clear and ringing as a trumpet call.