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Titus 1:14 KJV (With Strong’s)

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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)
giving heed to
prosecho (Greek #4337)
(figuratively) to hold the mind (3563 implied) towards, i.e. pay attention to, be cautious about, apply oneself to, adhere to
KJV usage: (give) attend(-ance, -ance at, -ance to, unto), beware, be given to, give (take) heed (to unto); have regard.
Pronounce: pros-ekh'-o
Origin: from 4314 and 2192
Jewish
Ioudaikos (Greek #2451)
Judaic, i.e. resembling a Judaean
KJV usage: Jewish.
Pronounce: ee-oo-dah-ee-kos'
Origin: from 2453
fables
muthos (Greek #3454)
a tale, i.e. fiction ("myth")
KJV usage: fable.
Pronounce: moo'-thos
Origin: perhaps from the same as 3453 (through the idea of tuition)
i, 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
commandments
entole (Greek #1785)
injunction, i.e. an authoritative prescription
KJV usage: commandment, precept.
Pronounce: en-tol-ay'
Origin: from 1781
of men
anthropos (Greek #444)
man-faced, i.e. a human being
KJV usage: certain, man.
Pronounce: anth'-ro-pos
Origin: from 435 and ὤψ (the countenance; from 3700)
, that turn from
apostrepho (Greek #654)
to turn away or back (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: bring again, pervert, turn away (from).
Pronounce: ap-os-tref'-o
Origin: from 575 and 4762
the truth
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
aletheia (Greek #225)
truth
KJV usage: true, X truly, truth, verity.
Pronounce: al-ay'-thi-a
Origin: from 227
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1 Tim. 1:4• 4nor to turn their minds to fables and interminable genealogies, which bring questionings rather than further God's dispensation, which is in faith. (1 Tim. 1:4)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Jewish.
1 Tim. 1:4‑7• 4nor to turn their minds to fables and interminable genealogies, which bring questionings rather than further God's dispensation, which is in faith.
 5But the end of what is enjoined is love out of a pure heart and a good conscience and unfeigned faith;
 6which things some having missed, have turned aside to vain discourse,
 7desiring to be law-teachers, not understanding either what they say or concerning what they so strenuously affirm. (1 Tim. 1:4‑7)
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2 Tim. 4:4• 4and they will turn away their ear from the truth, and will have turned aside to fables. (2 Tim. 4:4)
commandments.
Isa. 29:13• 13And the Lord saith, Forasmuch as this people draw near with their mouth, and honour me with their lips, but their heart is removed far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught of men; (Isa. 29:13)
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Matt. 15:9• 9but in vain do they worship me, teaching as teachings commandments of men. (Matt. 15:9)
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Mark 7:7• 7But in vain do they worship me, teaching as their teachings commandments of men. (Mark 7:7)
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Col. 2:22• 22(things which are all for destruction in the using of them:) according to the injunctions and teachings of men, (Col. 2:22)
turn.
Gal. 4:9• 9but now, knowing God, but rather being known by God, how do ye turn again to the weak and beggarly principles to which ye desire to be again anew in bondage? (Gal. 4:9)
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2 Tim. 4:4• 4and they will turn away their ear from the truth, and will have turned aside to fables. (2 Tim. 4:4)
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Heb. 12:25• 25See that ye refuse not him that speaks. For if those did not escape who had refused him who uttered the oracles on earth, much more we who turn away from him who does so from heaven: (Heb. 12:25)
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2 Peter 2:22• 22But that word of the true proverb has happened to them: The dog has turned back to his own vomit; and, The washed sow to her rolling in mud. (2 Peter 2:22)
• God's word will never mingle with man's commandments: where it is essayed, in the long run the human element really prevails, and the divine becomes a powerless form. (“On Titus 1:10-14” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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not turning their minds to Jewish fables and commandments of men turning away from the truth.

W. Kelly Translation

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not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men turning away as they do from the truth.