2 Corinthians 5:4
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.”
ἐπί
properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e. over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc.
καταπίνω
may be swallowed up
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καταπίνω
To swallow up, to devour. Katapino. Your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour. He is looking for the isolated and the unguarded. Stay close.
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ζωή
life.
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ζωή
Life, living, existence. Zoe. I am the way the truth and the life. Zoe is divine life, not biological existence. It is the life of God shared with human beings through Christ.
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θέλω
we do wish
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θέλω
To will, to wish, to desire. Thelo. I am willing be made clean. Jesus was always willing to heal, forgive and restore. His willingness has not changed.
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στενάζω
we groan
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στενάζω
to make (intransitively, be) in straits, i.e. (by implication) to sigh, murmur, pray inaudibly
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σκῆνος
tent
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σκῆνος
a hut or temporary residence, i.e. (figuratively) the human body (as the abode of the spirit)
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ἐκδύω
to be unclothed
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ἐκδύω
to cause to sink out of, i.e. (specially as of clothing) to divest
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εἰμί
being
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εἰμί
I exist (used only when emphatic)
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ἐπενδύομαι
to be clothed,
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ἐπενδύομαι
to invest upon oneself
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θνητός
mortal
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θνητός
liable to die
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