1 Timothy 5:23 — King James Version← Study notes
“Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.”
1 Timothy 5:23 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · 1 Timothy 5:2314 words
μηκέτιmēketiany longer, (not) henceforth, hereafter
ὑδροπότειhydropoteidrink water
ἀλλὰallaand, but (even), howbeit
οἴνῳoinōwine
ὀλίγῳoligō+ almost, brief(-ly), few
χρῶchrōentreat, use
διὰdiathrough / because of
τὸνtonthe
στόμαχονstomachonstomach
καὶkaiand / also
τὰςtasthe
πυκνάςpyknasoften(-er)
σουsouyou
ἀσθενείαςastheneiasdisease, infirmity, sickness
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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