1 Timothy 6:4
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,”
περί
properly, through (all over), i.e. around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time (with the genitive case denoting the subject or occasion or superlative point; with the accusative case the locality, circuit, matter, circumstance or general period)
πονηρός
evil,
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πονηρός
Evil, wicked, bad. Poneros. Deliver us from the evil one. The evil one has a name but no ultimate power. He operates only within the limits God permits. His defeat is certain.
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φθόνος
envy,
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φθόνος
Envy, jealousy, spite. Phthonos. Love does not envy. Envy is the pain of another's success. It is the opposite of love which rejoices when others flourish.
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νοσέω
unhealthy
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νοσέω
to be sick, i.e. (by implication, of a diseased appetite) to hanker after (figuratively, to harp upon)
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τυφόω
he has been puffed up
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τυφόω
to envelop with smoke, i.e. (figuratively) to inflate with self-conceit
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ζήτησις
controversies
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ζήτησις
a searching (properly, the act), i.e. a dispute or its theme
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ἐπίσταμαι
knowing
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ἐπίσταμαι
to put the mind upon, i.e. comprehend, or be acquainted with
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ἔρις
strife,
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ἔρις
a quarrel, i.e. (by implication) wrangling
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λογομαχία
disputes about words,
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λογομαχία
disputation about trifles ("logomachy")
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μηδείς
nothing
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μηδείς
not even one (man, woman, thing)
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ὑπόνοια
suspicions
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ὑπόνοια
suspicion
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