1 Peter 3:5
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:”
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.
θεός
God
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θεός
God. Theos. In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. The ultimate reality. The source of all existence. Personal knowable and present.
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ἑαυτοῦ
themselves
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ἑαυτοῦ
him- (her-, it-, them-, also (in conjunction with the personal pronoun of the other persons) my-, thy-, our-, your-) self (selves), etc.
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κοσμέω
were adorning
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κοσμέω
to put in proper order, i.e. decorate (literally or figuratively); specially, to snuff (a wick)
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ἴδιος
to their own
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ἴδιος
pertaining to self, i.e. one's own; by implication, private or separate
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ποτέ
formerly
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ποτέ
indefinite adverb, at some time, ever
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γυνή
women
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γυνή
a woman; specially, a wife
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ἐλπίζω
hoping
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ἐλπίζω
to expect or confide
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