1 Timothy 2:12 — King James Version← Study notes
“But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.”
1 Timothy 2:12 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · 1 Timothy 2:1212 words
διδάσκεινdidaskeinteach
δὲdeand / but
γυναικὶgynaikiwife, woman
οὐκouknot
ἐπιτρέπωepitrepōgive leave (liberty, license), let
οὐδὲoudeneither
(indeed), never, no (more
αὐθεντεῖνauthenteinusurp authority over
ἀνδρόςandrosfellow, husband, man
ἀλλ’all’and, but (even), howbeit
εἶναιeinaiam, have been, is I
ἐνenabout, after, against
ἡσυχίᾳhēsychiaquietness, silence
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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