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2 Corinthians 10:9

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← 2 Corinthians 10:8	2 Corinthians 10:9 (KJV)	2 Corinthians 10:10 →
For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:	That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.	For [his] letters, say they, [are] weighty and powerful; but [his] bodily presence [is] weak, and [his] speech contemptible.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

That^G3363 I may^G1380 not^G3363 seem^G1380 as if^G302 I would terrify^G1629 you^G5209 by^G1223 letters^G1992.

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Original Greek

ἵνα μὴ δόξω ὡς ἂν ἐκφοβεῖν ὑμᾶς διὰ τῶν ἐπιστολῶν.

Greek	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
ἵνα	hina	G2443	CONJ	That not
μὴ	mē	G3361	PRT-N
δόξω	doxō	G1380	V-AAS-2S	I may seem
ὡς	hōs	G5613	ADV	as
ἂν	an	G302	PRT	if
ἐκφοβεῖν	ekphobein	G1629	V-PAN	I would terrify
ὑμᾶς	humas	G5209	P-2AP	you
διὰ	dia	G1223	PREP	by
τῶν	tōn	G3588	T-GPF	*
ἐπιστολῶν.	epistolōn	G1992	N-GPF	letters

Source: Textus Receptus (Scrivener 1894)

Strong's References

• G302 — ἄν (án, an): an untranslatable word that makes a statement contingent — a primary particle, denoting a supposition, wish, possibility or uncertainty:--(what-, where-, wither-, who-)soever. Usually unexpressed except by the subjunctive or potential mood. Also contracted for ἐάν.
• G1223 — διά (diá, dee-ah'): through, on account of — a primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional):--after, always, among, at, to avoid, because of (that), briefly, by, for (cause) … fore, from, in, by occasion of, of, by reason of, for sake, that, thereby, therefore, X though, through(-out), to, wherefore, with (-in). In composition it retains the same general importance.
• G1380 — δοκέω (dokéō, dok-eh'-o): I think, seem, appear, it seems — a prolonged form of a primary verb, (used only in an alternate in certain tenses; compare the base of δεικνύω) of the same meaning; to think; by implication, to seem (truthfully or uncertainly):--be accounted, (of own) please(-ure), be of reputation, seem (good), suppose, think, trow.
• G1629 — ἐκφοβέω (ekphobéō, ek-fob-eh'-o): I terrify exceedingly — from ἐκ and φοβέω; to frighten utterly:--terrify.
• G1992 — ἐπιστολή (epistolḗ, ep-is-tol-ay'): a letter, dispatch, epistle — from ἐπιστέλλω; a written message:--"epistle," letter.
• G3363 — ἵνα μή (hína mḗ, hin'-ah may): i.e. ἵνα and μή; in order (or so) that not:--albeit not, lest, that, no(-t, (-thing)).
• G5209 — ὑμᾶς (hymâs, hoo-mas'): accusative case of ὑμεῖς; you (as the objective of a verb or preposition):--ye, you (+ -ward), your (+ own).

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

• G2443 — ἵνα (hína, hin'-ah): in order that, so that — probably from the same as the former part of ἑαυτοῦ (through the demonstrative idea; compare ὁ); in order that (denoting the purpose or the result):--albeit, because, to the intent (that), lest, so as, (so) that, (for) to. Compare ἵνα μή.
• 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.
• G5613 — ὡς (hōs, hoce): as, like as, how, while, so that — probably adverb of comparative from ὅς; which how, i.e. in that manner (very variously used, as follows):--about, after (that), (according) as (it had been, it were), as soon (as), even as (like), for, how (greatly), like (as, unto), since, so (that), that, to wit, unto, when(-soever), while, X with all speed.

Cross References

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

• terrify — 1 Corinthians 4:5, 1 Corinthians 4:19-21, 2 Corinthians 10:10

Reciprocal references (2): 2 Corinthians 12:6, 2 Corinthians 12:20

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: LETTERS, THE WRITING OF
• Nave’s: CHURCH

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