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1 Timothy 5

1 Tim. 5:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Let
katalego (Greek #2639)
to lay down, i.e. (figuratively) to enrol
KJV usage: take into the number.
Pronounce: kat-al-eg'-o
Origin: from 2596 and 3004 (in its original meaning)
not
me (Greek #3361)
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas 3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
KJV usage: any but (that), X forbear, + God forbid, + lack, lest, neither, never, no (X wise in), none, nor, (can-)not, nothing, that not, un(-taken), without. Often used in compounds in substantially the same relations. See also 3362, 3363, 3364, 3372, 3373, 3375, 3378.
Pronounce: may
Origin: a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas 3756 expresses an absolute denial)
a widow
chera (Greek #5503)
a widow (as lacking a husband), literally or figuratively
KJV usage: widow.
Pronounce: khay'-rah
Origin: feminine of a presumed derivative apparently from the base of 5490 through the idea of deficiency
be μtaken into the number
katalego (Greek #2639)
to lay down, i.e. (figuratively) to enrol
KJV usage: take into the number.
Pronounce: kat-al-eg'-o
Origin: from 2596 and 3004 (in its original meaning)
under
elasson (Greek #1640)
smaller (in size, quantity, age or quality)
KJV usage: less, under, worse, younger.
Pronounce: el-as'-sone
Origin: or ἐλάττων (el-at-tone') comparative of the same as 1646
threescore
hexekonta (Greek #1835)
sixty
KJV usage: sixty(-fold), threescore.
Pronounce: hex-ay'-kon-tah
Origin: the tenth multiple of 1803
years old
etos (Greek #2094)
a year
KJV usage: year.
Pronounce: et'-os
Origin: apparently a primary word
, having been
ginomai (Greek #1096)
to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
KJV usage: arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
Pronounce: ghin'-om-ahee
Origin: a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb
the wife
gune (Greek #1135)
a woman; specially, a wife
KJV usage: wife, woman.
Pronounce: goo-nay'
Origin: probably from the base of 1096
of one
heis (Greek #1520)
a primary numeral; one
KJV usage: a(-n, -ny, certain), + abundantly, man, one (another), only, other, some. See also 1527, 3367, 3391, 3762.
Pronounce: hice
Origin: (including the neuter (etc.) ἕν)
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)
,
μ
or, chosen.

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Ministry on This Verse

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a widow.
1 Tim. 5:3‑4• 3Honor widows that are widows indeed.
 4But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to show piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God. (1 Tim. 5:3‑4)
taken.
or, chosen.
under.
1 Tim. 5:11,14• 11But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;
 14I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully. (1 Tim. 5:11,14)
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Luke 2:36‑37• 36And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;
 37And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day. (Luke 2:36‑37)
having.
1 Tim. 3:2,12• 2A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
 12Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. (1 Tim. 3:2,12)
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1 Cor. 7:10‑11,39‑40• 10And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
 11But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
 39The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
 40But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God. (1 Cor. 7:10‑11,39‑40)
• There is therefore a certain gradation in those described: 1st., widows in general; 2nd., widows really; 3rd., widows on the list of the assembly's special recognition. (“On 1 Timothy 5:9-16” by W. Kelly)
• Then after describing a widow that is en- titled, not here to respect simply as in 5, nor yet to censure as in 6, but to be placed on the list of the assembly's support (as in ver. 9-10). (“On 1 Timothy 5:9-16” by W. Kelly)
• Grace may indeed, on occasions, help the most abandoned. Here it is a question of suitability for inclusion in a list of those who receive regular assistance from the Lord's people. (“Warnings Against Worldliness and Instruction in Piety: 1 Timothy 5” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Let a widow be put upon the list, being of not less than sixty years, having been wife of one man,

W. Kelly Translation

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Let a widow be enrolled not more than sixty years old, wifea of one man,

WK Translation Notes

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The modern German editors connect "gegonuia" (if she is) with the clause before, and not with what follows (vs. 10), but I am satisfied that they are wrong, and that our version is right, as it is in harmony with the sense here given.