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1 Timothy 2

1 Tim. 2:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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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)
I suffer
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
a woman
gune (Greek #1135)
a woman; specially, a wife
KJV usage: wife, woman.
Pronounce: goo-nay'
Origin: probably from the base of 1096
to teach
didasko (Greek #1321)
to teach (in the same broad application)
KJV usage: teach.
Pronounce: did-as'-ko
Origin: a prolonged (causative) form of a primary verb δάω (to learn)
, nor
oude (Greek #3761)
not however, i.e. neither, nor, not even
KJV usage: neither (indeed), never, no (more, nor, not), nor (yet), (also, even, then) not (even, so much as), + nothing, so much as.
Pronounce: oo-deh'
Origin: from 3756 and 1161
to usurp authority over
authenteo (Greek #831)
to act of oneself, i.e. (figuratively) dominate
KJV usage: usurp authority over.
Pronounce: ow-then-teh'-o
Origin: from a compound of 846 and an obsolete ἕντης (a worker)
the man
aner (Greek #435)
a man (properly as an individual male)
KJV usage: fellow, husband, man, sir.
Pronounce: an'-ayr
Origin: a primary word (compare 444)
, 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
to be
einai (Greek #1511)
to exist
KJV usage: am, was. come, is, X lust after, X please well, there is, to be, was.
Pronounce: i'-nahee
Origin: present infinitive from 1510
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)
silence
hesuchia (Greek #2271)
(as noun) stillness, i.e. desistance from bustle or language
KJV usage: quietness, silence.
Pronounce: hay-soo-khee'-ah
Origin: feminine of 2272
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1 Tim. 2:12• 12But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. (1 Tim. 2:12)
• This clearly is not limited to the assembly; as the Apostle traces the ground of it in the constitution and natural character of woman. “For Adam was first formed, then Eve." (“On 1 Timothy 2:11-15” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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but I do not suffer a woman to teach nor to exercise authority over mand, but to be in quietness;

JND Translation Notes

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Or "a man." It is in contrast with women, as in ver. 8.

W. Kelly Translation

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But to teacha I permit not a woman, nor to exercise authority over a man, but to be in quietness.

WK Translation Notes

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The emphatic place is restored in accordance with many MSS. and so I imitate in English.