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1 Timothy 1:7 Interlinear

“Desiring to be teachers of the law understanding neither what they say neither whereof they affirm”

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Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	θέλοντες	G2309	Desiring	to determine (as an active option from subjective impulse; whereas g1014 properly denotes rather a passive acquiescence in objective considerations),
2	εἶναι	G1511	to be	to exist
3	νομοδιδάσκαλοι	G3547	teachers of the law	an expounder of the (jewish) law, i.e., a rabbi
4	μὴ	G3361		(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas g3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
5	νοοῦντες	G3539	understanding	to exercise the mind (observe), i.e., (figuratively) to comprehend, heed
6	μήτε	G3383	neither	not too, i.e., (in continued negation) neither or nor; also, not even
7	ἃ	G3739	what	the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that
8	λέγουσιν	G3004	they say	properly, to "lay" forth, i.e., (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas g2036 and g5346 generally refer to an
9	μήτε	G3383	neither	not too, i.e., (in continued negation) neither or nor; also, not even
10	περὶ	G4012	whereof	properly, through (all over), i.e., around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time (with the genitive cas
11	τίνων	G5101		an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)
12	διαβεβαιοῦνται	G1226	they affirm	to confirm thoroughly (by words), i.e., asseverate

1 Timothy 1:7 (current)Desiring to be teachers of the law understanding neither what they say neither whereof they affirm