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Titus 1:12

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← Titus 1:11	Titus 1:12 (KJV)	Titus 1:13 →
Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.	One of themselves, [even] a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians [are] alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.	This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

One^G5100 of^G1537 themselves^G846, even a prophet^G4396 of their^G846 own^G2398, said^G2036, The Cretians^G2912 are alway^G104 liars^G5583, evil^G2556 beasts^G2342, slow^G692 bellies^G1064.

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Original Greek

εἶπέ τις ἐξ αὐτῶν, ἴδιος αὐτῶν προφήτης, Κρῆτες ἀεὶ ψεῦσται, κακὰ θηρία, γαστέρες ἀργαί.

Greek	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
εἶπέ	eipe	G2036	V-2AAI-3S	said
τις	tis	G5100	X-NSM	One
ἐξ	ex	G1537	PREP	of
αὐτῶν,	autōn	G846	P-GPM	themselves
ἴδιος	idios	G2398	A-NSM	own
αὐτῶν	autōn	G846	P-GPM	of their
προφήτης,	prophētēs	G4396	N-NSM	a prophet
Κρῆτες	Krētes	G2912	N-NPM	The Cretians
ἀεὶ	aei	G104	ADV	alway
ψεῦσται,	pseustai	G5583	N-NPM	liars
κακὰ	kaka	G2556	A-NPN	evil
θηρία,	thēria	G2342	N-NPN	beasts
γαστέρες	gasteres	G1064	N-NPF	bellies
ἀργαί.	argai	G692	A-NPF	slow

Source: Textus Receptus (Scrivener 1894)

Strong's References

• G104 — ἀεί (aeí, ah-eye'): always — from an obsolete primary noun (apparently meaning continued duration); "ever," by qualification regularly; by implication, earnestly:--always, ever.
• G692 — ἀργός (argós, ar-gos'): idle, lazy, thoughtless — from Α (as a negative particle) and ἔργον; inactive, i.e. unemployed; (by implication) lazy, useless:--barren, idle, slow.
• G846 — αὐτός (autós, ow-tos'): he, she, it, they, them, same — from the particle (perhaps akin to the base of ἀήρ through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative ἑαυτοῦ) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons:--her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare αὑτοῦ.
• G1064 — γαστήρ (gastḗr, gas-tare'): the womb, stomach, to be pregnant — of uncertain derivation; the stomach; by analogy, the matrix; figuratively, a gourmand:--belly, + with child, womb.
• G1537 — ἐκ (ek, ek): from out, out from among, from — a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause; literal or figurative; direct or remote):--after, among, X are, at, betwixt(-yond), by (the means of), exceedingly, (+ abundantly above), for(- th), from (among, forth, up), + grudgingly, + heartily, X heavenly, X hereby, + very highly, in, …ly, (because, by reason) of, off (from), on, out among (from, of), over, since, X thenceforth, through, X unto, X vehemently, with(-out). Often used in composition, with the same general import; often of completion.
• G2036 — ἔπω (épō, ep'-o): a primary verb (used only in the definite past tense, the others being borrowed from ἐρέω, ῥέω, and φημί); to speak or say (by word or writing):--answer, bid, bring word, call, command, grant, say (on), speak, tell. Compare λέγω.
• G2342 — θηρίον (thēríon, thay-ree'-on): a wild beast, animal — diminutive from the same as θήρα; a dangerous animal:--(venomous, wild) beast.
• G2398 — ἴδιος (ídios, id'-ee-os): one's own, private, personal — of uncertain affinity; pertaining to self, i.e. one's own; by implication, private or separate:--X his acquaintance, when they were alone, apart, aside, due, his (own, proper, several), home, (her, our, thine, your) own (business), private(-ly), proper, severally, their (own).
• G2556 — κακός (kakós, kak-os'): bad, evil — apparently a primary word; worthless (intrinsically, such; whereas πονηρός properly refers to effects), i.e. (subjectively) depraved, or (objectively) injurious:--bad, evil, harm, ill, noisome, wicked.
• G2912 — Κρής (Krḗs, krace): a Cretan — from Κρήτη; a Cretan, i.e. inhabitant of Crete:--Crete, Cretian.
• G4396 — προφήτης (prophḗtēs, prof-ay'-tace): a prophet, poet — from a compound of πρό and φημί; a foreteller ("prophet"); by analogy, an inspired speaker; by extension, a poet:--prophet.
• G5100 — τὶς (tìs, tis): any one, some one — an enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object:--a (kind of), any (man, thing, thing at all), certain (thing), divers, he (every) man, one (X thing), ought, + partly, some (man, -body, - thing, -what), (+ that no-)thing, what(-soever), X wherewith, whom(-soever), whose(-soever).
• G5583 — ψεύστης (pseústēs, psyoos-tace'): a liar, deceiver — from ψεύδομαι; a falsifier:--liar.

Cross References

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

• liars — Romans 16:18, 1 Timothy 4:2, 2 Peter 2:12, 2 Peter 2:15, Jude 1:8-13
• of — Acts 17:28

Reciprocal references (7): Leviticus 11:42, Job 30:1, Matthew 24:49, Acts 2:11, Acts 27:7, Ephesians 4:25, Colossians 3:9

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: MIND, CARNAL-SPIRITUAL
• Torrey’s: BEASTS
• Nave’s: BELLY, COMMANDMENTS, CRETE, FALSEHOOD, MINISTER, Christian, POET, WORLDLINESS

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