1 Corinthians 14:34
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.”
ὑποτάσσω
To submit, to place under, to be subject to. Hupotasso. Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. Submission is not weakness. It is the posture of security and strength.
νόμος
law
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νόμος
Law, rule, principle. Nomos. The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free. The highest law is not written on stone. It is written by the Spirit on the heart.
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ἐκκλησία
churches
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ἐκκλησία
Assembly, church, called out ones. Ekklesia. I will build my church. The church is not a building or a programme. It is a people called out by God and gathered around Jesus.
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λέγω
says.
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λέγω
To say, to speak with authority. Jesus said and it was so. When Jesus speaks everything listens. His words carry the weight of creation behind them.
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λαλέω
to speak,
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λαλέω
To speak, to talk, to utter. He spoke and it was done. The word of God is not silent. It is always speaking.
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σιγάω
they should be silent;
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σιγάω
to keep silent (transitively or intransitively)
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ἐπιτρέπω
it is allowed
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ἐπιτρέπω
to turn over (transfer), i.e. allow
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καθώς
even as
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καθώς
just (or inasmuch) as, that
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γυνή
women
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γυνή
a woman; specially, a wife
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