Greek Interlinear
2 Timothy 4:3 Interlinear
“will come For the time when sound doctrine not endure but after lusts their own to themselves shall they heap teachers having itching ears”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἔσται | G2071 | will come | will be |
| 2 | γὰρ | G1063 | For | properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles) |
| 3 | καιρὸς | G2540 | the time | an occasion, i.e., set or proper time |
| 4 | ὅτε | G3753 | when | at which (thing) too, i.e., when |
| 5 | τῆς | G3588 | the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom) | |
| 6 | ὑγιαινούσης | G5198 | sound | to have sound health, i.e., be well (in body); figuratively, to be uncorrupt (true in doctrine) |
| 7 | διδασκαλίας | G1319 | doctrine | instruction (the function or the information) |
| 8 | οὐκ | G3756 | not | the absolute negative (compare g3361) adverb; no or not |
| 9 | ἀνέξονται | G430 | endure | to hold oneself up against, i.e., (figuratively) put up with |
| 10 | ἀλλὰ | G235 | but | properly, other things, i.e., (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations) |
| 11 | κατὰ | G2596 | after | (prepositionally) down (in place or time), in varied relations (according to the case (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined) |
| 12 | τὰς | G3588 | the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom) | |
| 13 | ἐπιθυμίας | G1939 | lusts | a longing (especially for what is forbidden) |
| 14 | τὰς | G3588 | the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom) | |
| 15 | ἰδίας | G2398 | their own | pertaining to self, i.e., one's own; by implication, private or separate |
| 16 | ἑαυτοῖς | G1438 | to themselves | (him- her-, it-, them-, my-, thy-, our-, your-)self (selves), etc |
| 17 | ἐπισωρεύσουσιν | G2002 | shall they heap | to accumulate further, i.e., (figuratively) seek additionally |
| 18 | διδασκάλους | G1320 | teachers | an instructor (genitive case or specially) |
| 19 | κνηθόμενοι | G2833 | having itching | to scratch, i.e., (by implication) to tickle |
| 20 | τὴν | G3588 | the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom) | |
| 21 | ἀκοήν | G189 | ears | hearing (the act, the sense or the thing heard) |
Verse Context
2 Timothy 4:2Preach the word be instant in season out of season...
2 Timothy 4:3 (current)will come For the time when sound doctrine not endure but after lusts their own to themselves shall they heap teachers having itching ears
2 Timothy 4:4And from they shall turn away the truth ...