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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
2 Timothy 2:23 - Pure
2 Timothy 2:23 - But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.
| Verse | Strongs No. | Greek | |
|---|---|---|---|
| But | G1161 | δέ |
[Conjunction] but and etc. |
| foolish | G3474 | μωρός |
[Adjective] dull or stupid (as if shut up) that is heedless (morally) blockhead (apparently) absurd |
| and | G2532 | καί |
[Conjunction] and also: even so: then too etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words |
| unlearned | G521 | ἀπαίδευτος |
[Adjective] uninstructed that is (figuratively) stupid |
| questions | G2214 | ζήτησις |
[Noun Feminine] a searching (properly the act) that is a dispute or its theme |
| avoid | G3868 | παραιτέομαι |
[Verb] to beg off that is deprecate: decline shun |
| knowing | G1492 | εἴδω |
[Verb] used only in certain past tenses the others being borrowed from the equivalent G3700 and G3708; properly to see (literally or figuratively); by implication (in the perfect only) to know |
| that | G3754 | ὅτι |
[Conjunction] demonstrative that (sometimes redundant); causatively because |
| they do gender | G1080 | γεννάω |
[Verb] to procreate (properly of the father but by extension of the mother); figuratively to regenerate |
| strifes | G3163 | μάχη |
[Noun Feminine] a battle that is (figuratively) controversy |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.