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1 Corinthians 8:4

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← 1 Corinthians 8:3	1 Corinthians 8:4 (KJV)	1 Corinthians 8:5 →
But if any man love God, the same is known of him.	As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol [is] nothing in the world, and that [there is] none other God but one.	For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

As concerning^G4012 therefore^G3767 the eating^G1035 of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols^G1494, we know^G1492 that^G3754 an idol^G1497 is nothing^G3762 in^G1722 the world^G2889, and^G2532 that^G3754 there is none^G3762 other^G2087 God^G2316 but^G1508 one^G1520.

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Original Greek

περὶ τῆς βρώσεως οὖν τῶν εἰδωλοθύτων, οἴδαμεν ὅτι οὐδὲν εἴδωλον ἐν κόσμῳ, καὶ ὅτι οὐδεὶς Θεὸς ἕτερος εἰ μὴ εἷς·

Greek	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
περὶ	peri	G4012	PREP	As concerning
τῆς	tēs	G3588	T-GSF	the
βρώσεως	brōseōs	G1035	N-GSF	eating
οὖν	oun	G3767	CONJ	therefore
τῶν	tōn	G3588	T-GPN	*
εἰδωλοθύτων,	eidōlothutōn	G1494	A-GPN	of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols
οἴδαμεν	oidamen	G1492	V-RAI-1P	we know
ὅτι	hoti	G3754	CONJ	that
οὐδὲν	ouden	G3762	A-NSN-N	nothing
εἴδωλον	eidōlon	G1497	N-NSN	an idol
ἐν	en	G1722	PREP	in
κόσμῳ,	kosmō	G2889	N-DSM	the world
καὶ	kai	G2532	CONJ	and
ὅτι	hoti	G3754	CONJ	that
οὐδεὶς	oudeis	G3762	A-NSM-N	none
Θεὸς	Theos	G2316	N-NSM	God
ἕτερος	heteros	G2087	A-NSM	other
εἰ	ei	G1487	COND	but
μὴ	mē	G3361	PRT-N
εἷς·	heis	G1520	A-NSM	one

Source: Textus Receptus (Scrivener 1894)

Strong's References

• G1035 — βρῶσις (brōsis, bro'-sis): eating, food, a meal, rust — from the base of βιβρώσκω; (abstractly) eating (literally or figuratively); by extension (concretely) food (literally or figuratively):--eating, food, meat.
• G1492 — εἴδω (eídō, i'-do): I know, remember — a primary verb; used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent ὀπτάνομαι and ὁράω; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by implication, (in the perfect tense only) to know:--be aware, behold, X can (+ not tell), consider, (have) know(-ledge), look (on), perceive, see, be sure, tell, understand, wish, wot. Compare ὀπτάνομαι.
• G1494 — εἰδωλόθυτον (eidōlóthyton, i-do-loth'-oo-ton): sacrificed to an image — neuter of a compound of εἴδωλον and a presumed derivative of θύω; an image-sacrifice, i.e. part of an idolatrous offering:--(meat, thing that is) offered (in sacrifice, sacrificed) to (unto) idols.
• G1497 — εἴδωλον (eídōlon, i'-do-lon): an idol, false god — from εἶδος; an image (i.e. for worship); by implication, a heathen god, or (plural) the worship of such:--idol.
• G1508 — εἰ μή (ei mḗ, i may): from εἰ and μή; if not:--but, except (that), if not, more than, save (only) that, saving, till.
• G1520 — εἷς (heîs, hice): one — a primary numeral; one:--a(-n, -ny, certain), + abundantly, man, one (another), only, other, some. See also εἷς καθ’ εἷς, μηδείς, μία, οὐδείς.
• G1722 — ἐν (en, en): in, on, among — a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between εἰς and ἐκ); "in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.:--about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (… sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
• G2087 — ἕτερος (héteros, het'-er-os): another, different — of uncertain affinity; (an-, the) other or different:--altered, else, next (day), one, (an-)other, some, strange.
• G2316 — θεός (theós, theh'-os): God, a god — of uncertain affinity; a deity, especially (with ὁ) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very:--X exceeding, God, god(-ly, -ward).
• G2532 — καί (kaí, kahee): and, even, also, namely — apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words:--and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
• G2889 — κόσμος (kósmos, kos'-mos): the world, universe — probably from the base of κομίζω; orderly arrangement, i.e. decoration; by implication, the world (in a wide or narrow sense, including its inhabitants, literally or figuratively (morally)):--adorning, world.
• G3754 — ὅτι (hóti, hot'-ee): that, since, because — neuter of ὅστις as conjunction; demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because:--as concerning that, as though, because (that), for (that), how (that), (in) that, though, why.
• G3762 — οὐδείς (oudeís, oo-dice'): no one, none, nothing — from οὐδέ and εἷς; not even one (man, woman or thing), i.e. none, nobody, nothing:--any (man), aught, man, neither any (thing), never (man), no (man), none (+ of these things), not (any, at all, -thing), nought.
• G3767 — οὖν (oûn, oon): therefore, then — apparently a primary word; (adverbially) certainly, or (conjunctionally) accordingly:--and (so, truly), but, now (then), so (likewise then), then, therefore, verily, wherefore.
• G4012 — περί (perí, per-ee'): about, concerning, around — from the base of πέραν; properly, through (all over), i.e. around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time (with the genitive case denoting the subject or occasion or superlative point; with the accusative case the locality, circuit, matter, circumstance or general period):--(there-)about, above, against, at, on behalf of, X and his company, which concern, (as) concerning, for, X how it will go with, ((there-, where-)) of, on, over, pertaining (to), for sake, X (e-)state, (as) touching, (where-)by (in), with. In comparative, it retains substantially the same meaning of circuit (around), excess (beyond), or completeness (through).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Greek (Textus Receptus, Scrivener 1894) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• G1487 — εἰ (ei, i): if — a primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.:--forasmuch as, if, that, (al-)though, whether. Often used in connection or composition with other particles, especially as in εἴγε, εἰ δὲ μή(γε), εἰ καί, εἰ μή, εἰ μή τι, εἴ περ, εἴ πως, εἴ τις, ἐκ. See also ἐάν.
• G3361 — μή (mḗ, may): not, lest — a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas οὐ expresses an absolute denial); (adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas οὐ expects an affirmative one)) whether:--any but (that), X forbear, + God forbid, + lack, lest, neither, never, no (X wise in), none, nor, (can-)not, nothing, that not, un(-taken), without. Often used in compounds in substantially the same relations. See also ἐὰν μή, ἵνα μή, οὐ μή, μῆκος, μηκύνω, μήν, μὴ οὐκ.
• G3588 — ὁ (ho, ho): the — the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):--the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.

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