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1 Tim. 1:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Knowing
eido (Greek #1492)
used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent 3700 and 3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by implication, (in the perfect tense only) to know
KJV usage: be aware, behold, X can (+ not tell), consider, (have) know(-ledge), look (on), perceive, see, be sure, tell, understand, wish, wot. Compare 3700.
Pronounce: i'-do
Origin: a primary verb
this
touto (Greek #5124)
that thing
KJV usage: here (-unto), it, partly, self(-same), so, that (intent), the same, there(-fore, -unto), this, thus, where(-fore).
Pronounce: too'-to
Origin: neuter singular nominative or accusative case of 3778
, that
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
u the law
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)
is
keimai (Greek #2749)
to lie outstretched (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: be (appointed, laid up, made, set), lay, lie. Compare 5087.
Pronounce: ki'-mahee
Origin: middle voice of a primary verb
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
made for
keimai (Greek #2749)
to lie outstretched (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: be (appointed, laid up, made, set), lay, lie. Compare 5087.
Pronounce: ki'-mahee
Origin: middle voice of a primary verb
a righteous man
dikaios (Greek #1342)
equitable (in character or act); by implication, innocent, holy (absolutely or relatively)
KJV usage: just, meet, right(-eous).
Pronounce: dik'-ah-yos
Origin: from 1349
, but
de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
for the lawless
anomos (Greek #459)
lawless, i.e. (negatively) not subject to (the Jewish) law; (by implication, a Gentile), or (positively) wicked
KJV usage: without law, lawless, transgressor, unlawful, wicked.
Pronounce: an'-om-os
Origin: from 1 (as a negative particle) and 3551
and
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
disobedient
anupotaktos (Greek #506)
unsubdued, i.e. insubordinate (in fact or temper)
KJV usage: disobedient, that is not put under, unruly.
Pronounce: an-oo-pot'-ak-tos
Origin: from 1 (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of 5293
, for the ungodly
asebes (Greek #765)
irreverent, i.e. (by extension) impious or wicked
KJV usage: ungodly (man).
Pronounce: as-eb-ace'
Origin: from 1 (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of 4576
and
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
for sinners
hamartolos (Greek #268)
sinful, i.e. a sinner
KJV usage: sinful, sinner.
Pronounce: ham-ar-to-los'
Origin: from 264
, for unholy
anosios (Greek #462)
wicked
KJV usage: unholy.
Pronounce: an-os'-ee-os
Origin: from 1 (as a negative particle) and 3741
and
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
profane
bebelos (Greek #952)
accessible (as by crossing the door-way), i.e. (by implication, of Jewish notions) heathenish, wicked
KJV usage: profane (person).
Pronounce: beb'-ay-los
Origin: from the base of 939 and βηλός (a threshold)
, for murderers of fathers
patraloias (Greek #3964)
a parricide
KJV usage: murderer of fathers.
Pronounce: pat-ral-o'-as
Origin: from 3962 and the same as the latter part of 3389
and
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
murderers of mothers
metraloias (Greek #3389)
a mother-thresher, i.e. matricide
KJV usage: murderer of mothers.
Pronounce: may-tral-o'-as
Origin: from 3384 and the base of 257
, for manslayers
androphonos (Greek #409)
a murderer
KJV usage: manslayer.
Pronounce: an-drof-on'-os
Origin: from 435 and 5408
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u
Gal. 5:23• 23against such things there is no law. (Gal. 5:23)

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Fathers,
Law,
Lawless,
Mother,
Murder,
Righteousness

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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the law.
Rom. 4:13• 13For not by law was [the] promise to Abraham or to his seed, that he should be heir of the world, but by righteousness of faith. (Rom. 4:13)
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Rom. 5:20• 20But law came in by the way, in order that the offence might abound; but where sin abounded, grace over-abounded (Rom. 5:20)
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Rom. 6:14• 14For sin shall not have dominion over you, for ye are not under law but under grace. (Rom. 6:14)
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Gal. 3:10‑14,19• 10For as many as are of works of law are under curse; for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who doth not continue in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them;”
 11but that in virtue of law none is justified with God [is] evident, for “the just by faith shall
 12live;” but the law is not of faith, but he who hath done them shall live in virtue of them.
 13Christ bought us out of the curse of the law, having become a curse for us, (for it is written, “Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree,”)
 14that unto the nations the blessing of Abraham might come in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
 19Why then the law? For the sake of transgressions it was added, until the seed came to whom the promise was made, being ordained by means of angels in a mediator's hand. (Gal. 3:10‑14,19)
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Gal. 5:23• 23against such things there is no law. (Gal. 5:23)
the lawless.
2 Thess. 2:8• 8and then shall be revealed the lawless one, whom the Lord Jesus shall destroy with the breath of his mouth, and bring to nought by the manifestation of his coming; (2 Thess. 2:8)
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2 Thess. 2•  (2 Thess. 2)
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disobedient.
Rom. 1:30• 30slanderers, God-hated, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, (Rom. 1:30)
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Titus 1:16• 16They profess to know God; but in works they deny [him], being abominable and disobedient, and for every good work reprobate. (Titus 1:16)
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Titus 3:3• 3For at one time even we were foolish, disobedient, gone astray, in slavery to divers lusts and pleasures, passing time in malice and envy, abominable, hating one another. (Titus 3:3)
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Heb. 11:31• 31By faith Rahab the harlot perished not along with the disobedient, having received the spies with peace. (Heb. 11:31)
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1 Peter 2:7• 7To you therefore that believe [is] the preciousness; but to disobedient [ones] a stone which the builders rejected, this became head of corner, (1 Peter 2:7)
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1 Peter 3:20• 20disobedient aforetime when the long-suffering of God was waiting in Noah's days, while an ark was being prepared, in which few, that is eight souls, were brought safe through water; (1 Peter 3:20)
the ungodly.
1 Peter 4:18• 18And if the righteous is with difficulty saved, where shall the impious and sinful appear? (1 Peter 4:18)
profane.
Jer. 23:11•  (Jer. 23:11)
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Ezek. 21:25•  (Ezek. 21:25)
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Heb. 12:16• 16lest [there be] any fornicator or profane one as Esau who for one meal sold his own birthright; (Heb. 12:16)
murderers.
Lev. 20:9•  (Lev. 20:9)
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Deut. 27:16•  (Deut. 27:16)
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2 Sam. 16:11•  (2 Sam. 16:11)
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2 Sam. 17:1‑4•  (2 Sam. 17:1‑4)
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2 Kings 19:37•  (2 Kings 19:37)
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2 Chron. 32:21•  (2 Chron. 32:21)
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Prov. 20:20•  (Prov. 20:20)
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Prov. 28:24•  (Prov. 28:24)
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Prov. 30:11,17•  (Prov. 30:11,17)
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Matt. 10:21• 21{i}But brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father child; and children shall rise up against parents and shall put them to death;{/i} (Matt. 10:21)
manslayers.
Gen. 9:5‑6•  (Gen. 9:5‑6)
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Ex. 20:13•  (Ex. 20:13)
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Ex. 21:14•  (Ex. 21:14)
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Num. 35:30‑33•  (Num. 35:30‑33)
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Deut. 21:6‑9•  (Deut. 21:6‑9)
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Prov. 28:17•  (Prov. 28:17)
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Gal. 5:21• 21envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revels, and things like these, as to which I forewarn you, even as also I forewarned, that they who do such things shall not inherit God's kingdom. (Gal. 5:21)
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Rev. 21:8• 8But for the cowardly and faithless and abominable and murderers and fornicators and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part {i}shall be{/i} in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death. (Rev. 21:8)
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Rev. 22:15• 15Without {i}are{/i} the dogs and the sorcerers and the fornicators and the murderers and the idolaters and every one that loveth and practiceth a lie. (Rev. 22:15)
• Justification and condemnation are out of the question here, where the Apostle speaks of the object contemplated in the enactment of law, and declares it to be, not for righteous, but for sinners. (“On 1 Timothy 1:5-11” by W. Kelly)
• lawless and unruly, ungodly and sinners, unholy and profane, beaters of fathers and beaters of mothers. Such are the pairs in this dark list of human depravity first, the inner spring of self-will and its more open insubjection; next, irreverence God-ward, and evil man-ward; thirdly, impiety and positive profanity; fourthly, insolent violence towards parents, without going so far as killing. (“On 1 Timothy 1:5-11” by W. Kelly)
• Its lawful use is to convict sinners of their sins, by witnessing to the holy judgment of God against every kind of sin. (“The Charge and Its End: 1 Timothy 1” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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knowing this, that law has not its applicationi to a righteous person, but to the lawless and insubordinate, to the impious and sinful, to the unholy and profane, to smiters of fathers and smiters of mothers; to murderers,

JND Translation Notes

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A technical word for the enactment of a law, its being in force.

W. Kelly Translation

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knowing this that lawa is not laid down for a righteous person, but for lawless and insubordinate, for ungodly and sinful, for unholy and profane, for smitersb of fathers and smiters of mothers, for murderers,

WK Translation Notes

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a
It is not "the law" nor "a law," but "law" as such; and the word "ou" (no), negates any such thing as law being enacted for a righteous person. The general form is intended in all cases with or without prepositions, where there is no article.
b
The simple verb certainly means to thresh, or beat, rather than to kill; and the compound in well-known classic Greek is distinguished, as here, from man-slayers or murders.