What Does 1 Corinthians 10:7 Mean?

“Neither”

but not, not even; in a continued negation, nor

“idolaters”

an image- (servant or) worshipper (literally or figuratively)

“be ye”

to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)

“as”

just (or inasmuch) as, that

“were some”

some or any person or object

“of them”

the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons

“as”

which how, i.e., in that manner (very variously used, as follows)

“it is written”

to "grave", especially to write; figuratively, to describe

“sat down”

to seat down, i.e., set (figuratively, appoint); intransitively, to sit (down); figuratively, to settle (hover, dwell)

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“The people”

a people (in general; thus differing from g1218, which denotes one's own populace)

“to eat”

to eat (literally or figuratively)

“and”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“drink”

to imbibe (literally or figuratively)

“and”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“rose up”

to stand up (literal or figurative, transitive or intransitive)

“to play”

to sport (as a boy)