1 Timothy 2:9 — King James Version← Study notes
“In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;”
1 Timothy 2:9 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · 1 Timothy 2:922 words
ὡσαύτωςhōsautōseven
so, likewise, after the same (in lik…
καὶkaiand / also
γυναῖκαςgynaikaswife, woman
ἐνenabout, after, against
καταστολῇkatastolēapparel
κοσμίῳkosmiōof good
behaviour, modest
μετὰmetaafter(-ward), he again, against
αἰδοῦςaidousreverence, shamefacedness
καὶkaiand / also
σωφροσύνηςsōphrosynēssoberness, sobriety
κοσμεῖνkosmeinadorn, garnish, trim
ἑαυτάςheautasalone, her (own, -self)
μὴmēnot
ἐνenabout, after, against
πλέγμασινplegmasinbroidered hair
καὶkaiand / also
χρυσίῳchrysiōgold
ἢēor
μαργαρίταιςmargaritaispearl
ἢēor
ἱματισμῷhimatismōapparel (X -led), array, raiment
πολυτελεῖpolyteleicostly, very precious, of
great price
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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