Titus 3:9
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.”
μωρός
Foolish, dull, without taste. Moros. God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise. What looks foolish to the world is wisdom to God. The cross is the prime example.
νομικός
about the Law
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νομικός
according (or pertaining) to law, i.e. legal (ceremonially); as noun, an expert in the (Mosaic) law
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περιΐστημι
do yourself avoid;
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περιΐστημι
to stand all around, i.e. (near) to be a bystander, or (aloof) to keep away from
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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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μάταιος
worthless.
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μάταιος
empty, i.e. (literally) profitless, or (specially), an idol
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ἔρις
arguments
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ἔρις
a quarrel, i.e. (by implication) wrangling
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μάχη
quarrels
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μάχη
a battle, i.e. (figuratively) controversy
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γενεαλογία
genealogies
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γενεαλογία
tracing by generations, i.e. "genealogy"
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εἰμί
they are
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εἰμί
I exist (used only when emphatic)
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