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1 Corinthians 9:4

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Mine answer to them that do examine me is this,	Have we not power to eat and to drink?	Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and [as] the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Have we^G2192 not^G3378 power^G1849 to eat^G5315 and^G2532 to drink^G4095?

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Original Greek

μὴ οὐκ ἔχομεν ἐξουσίαν φαγεῖν καὶ πιεῖν

Greek	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
μὴ	mē	G3361	PRT-N	not
οὐκ	ouk	G3756	PRT-N
ἔχομεν	echomen	G2192	V-PAI-1P	Have we
ἐξουσίαν	exousian	G1849	N-ASF	power
φαγεῖν	phagein	G5315	V-2AAN	to eat
καὶ	kai	G2532	CONJ	and
πιεῖν	piein	G4095	V-2AAN	to drink

Source: Textus Receptus (Scrivener 1894)

Strong's References

• G1849 — ἐξουσία (exousía, ex-oo-see'-ah): power, authority, weight — from ἔξεστι (in the sense of ability); privilege, i.e. (subjectively) force, capacity, competency, freedom, or (objectively) mastery (concretely, magistrate, superhuman, potentate, token of control), delegated influence:--authority, jurisdiction, liberty, power, right, strength.
• G2192 — ἔχω (échō, ekh'-o): I have, hold, possess — a primary verb; to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or condition):--be (able, X hold, possessed with), accompany, + begin to amend, can(+ -not), X conceive, count, diseased, do + eat, + enjoy, + fear, following, have, hold, keep, + lack, + go to law, lie, + must needs, + of necessity, + need, next, + recover, + reign, + rest, + return, X sick, take for, + tremble, + uncircumcised, use.
• 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.
• G3378 — μὴ οὐκ (mḕ ouk, ouk): i.e. μή and οὐ; as interrogative and negative, is it not that?:--neither (followed by no), + never, not. Compare οὐ μή.
• G4095 — πίνω (pínō, pee'-no): I drink, imbibe — a prolonged form of  ; which (together with another form)  ; occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses; to imbibe (literally or figuratively):--drink.
• G5315 — φάγω (phágō, fag'-o): I eat — a primary verb (used as an alternate of ἐσθίω in certain tenses); to eat (literally or figuratively):--eat, meat.

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

• 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.
• G3756 — οὐ (ou, oo): no, not — a primary word; the absolute negative (compare μή) adverb; no or not:--+ long, nay, neither, never, no (X man), none, (can-)not, + nothing, + special, un(-worthy), when, + without, + yet but. See also οὐ μή, μῆκος.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• we — Matthew 10:10, Luke 10:7, 1 Corinthians 9:7-14, Galatians 6:6, 1 Thessalonians 2:6, 2 Thessalonians 3:8-9, 1 Timothy 5:17-18

Reciprocal references (5): Leviticus 22:7, Nehemiah 5:14, Mark 6:3, 1 Corinthians 4:11, 1 Corinthians 9:14

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