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1 Timothy 2:11 — Word Study

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N1904γυνὴ ἐν ἡσυχίᾳ μανθανέτω ἐν πάσῃ ὑποταγῇ·

BSAA womangunē [a female, either married or unmarried] inen quietnesshēsuchia [stillness, peaceful atmosphere] should learnmanthanō [gain understanding, come to know] inen allpas [complete, absolute] submissiveness;hupotagē [submission, putting oneself under authority]

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1 Timothy 2:11quick helps
In a sentencePaul instructs that a woman should learn quietly and with full submission.
Who is speakingThe Apostle Paul, addressing Timothy regarding church conduct.
Where we areThis verse is part of a larger discussion on proper behavior in worship settings.
The hard wordγυνὴ
Take awayLearning is to be done in a spirit of peace and respect.
8 commentators on this verse Gill, Jamieson, Poole, Trapp & more — read them › clause subjectγυνή verbμανθάνω The sentence as the grammar sees it Open the tree ›
How rare are these words?in the New Testament

Every word here is used elsewhere in the New Testament.

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Deep Study — 1 Timothy 2:11

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Context — Instructions for Worshipgenerated

10but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess to worship God.
11A woman must learn in quietness and full submissiveness.
12I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; she is to remain quiet.
13For Adam was formed first, and then Eve.

1 Timothy 2:11 is part of Paul's guidance to Timothy on how women should conduct themselves in the church. This instruction emphasizes the importance of learning in a manner that reflects humility and respect for authority. The surrounding verses highlight the role of women in worship and their relationship with men, drawing from the created order as seen in Genesis 3:16 and 1 Corinthians 11:3.


Cross References

ReferenceText (BSB)
1Genesis 3:16To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
2Esther 1:20The edict the king issues will be heard throughout his vast kingdom—and so all women, from the least to the greatest, will honor their husbands.”
31 Corinthians 11:3But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.
41 Corinthians 14:34–35Women are to be silent in the churches. They are not permitted to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says.
5Ephesians 5:22–24Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — 7 references, hung on the phrase they belong to


The Key Word γυνὴ, gunēgenerated

The Greek word γυνή (i.e., *gunē*) means 'woman' and can refer to any female, including wives and unmarried women. It is a noun in the nominative case, singular, and feminine, indicating its role as the subject of the verb in this verse.

This term is used in various contexts in the New Testament, often to address women with respect or affection. It can also imply different nuances depending on the context, such as in Matthew 11:11.


How Translations Differ — measured against the Berean Standard Biblegenerated

The verse is rendered in the Berean Standard Bible as 'A woman must learn in quietness and full submissiveness.' This is consistent with the KJV and ASV, which emphasize the learning aspect in a quiet manner.

However, the translations differ on the rendering of γυνὴ. The BSB, ASV, and others use 'a woman', while the KJV uses 'woman', and some versions like FBV use 'women'. Additionally, the word for 'submissiveness' varies, with the BSB using 'submissiveness' while the ASV and others prefer 'subjection'.


Sentence Structuregenerated

The main verb in this verse is μανθανέτω, should learn, which governs the entire clause. The structure includes a subject, a verb, and two prepositional phrases that describe the manner of learning.

The subject is γυνὴ, woman, and the two prepositional phrases are ἐν ἡσυχίᾳ (in quietness) and πᾶσῃ ὑποταγῇ (with full submissiveness), indicating how the woman is to learn.


Septuagint Backgroundgenerated

γυνή corresponds to the Hebrew word אִשָּׁה (i.e., *ishah*), which also means woman or wife. This connection is significant in understanding the cultural context of the term as used in both the Old and New Testaments.

The term μανθάνω does not have a direct equivalent in the Septuagint but is related to the Hebrew לָמַד (i.e., *lamad*), which means to learn or teach, indicating a continuity in the concept of learning across the scriptures.


In plain words — the whole versegenerated

1 Timothy 2:11 teaches that a woman should learn quietly and with full submission. This reflects a respectful approach to learning within the church community, emphasizing the importance of humility in worship.


Frequently Asked Questionsgenerated

What does it mean for a woman to learn in quietness?

Learning in quietness suggests a peaceful and respectful attitude, allowing for focused understanding without disruption, as indicated in the context of worship.

Why is submissiveness emphasized in this verse?

Submissiveness is emphasized as a reflection of respect for authority and order within the church, aligning with the created order as described in Genesis.

Does this verse imply that women cannot teach at all?

The verse specifically addresses the context of learning and submission, and it is part of a broader discussion where Paul outlines roles within the church, which may vary in different contexts.

How does this verse relate to cultural practices today?

Understanding this verse requires considering the cultural context of the early church and how principles of respect and learning apply in contemporary worship settings.


Reflection Questionsgenerated

  1. In what ways can I embody a spirit of quietness and submission in my own learning?
  2. How can I support others in their pursuit of knowledge and understanding in a respectful manner?
  3. What does it mean to me to learn in a community, and how can I contribute positively to that environment?
  4. How can I reconcile cultural differences in understanding authority and submission in today’s context?

The early church on this verse — how the Fathers read it

Early church Fathers provide insights on this verse, discussing the role of women in the church and the implications of Paul's instructions.

TertullianOn Baptism c. 155–220
But we, little fishes, after the example of our Icqus Jesus Christ, are born in water, nor have we safety in any other way than by permanently abiding in water;
Early Church Fathers on 1 Timothy 2 →
TertullianOn the Veiling of Virgins c. 155–220
It is not permitted to a woman to speak in the church; but neither (is it permitted her) to teach, nor to baptize, nor to offer, nor to claim to herself a lot in any manly function, not to say (in any) sacerdotal office.
Early Church Fathers on 1 Timothy 2 →
CyprianTreatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews c. 200–258
But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to be set over the man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed, then Eve; and Adam was not seduced, but the woman was seduced."
Early Church Fathers on 1 Timothy 2 →

Commentators on this verse — 8 expositors, verse by verse

Each of these wrote on 1 Timothy 2:11 itself, not merely on the chapter around it.

John Gill1697–1771Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Let the woman learn in silence,.... The apostle goes on to give some other instructions to women, how they should behave themselves in public worship, in the church of God; he would have them be

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Robert Jamieson1802–1880Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's Commentary

Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. Learn - not "teach" (1 Timothy 2:12). She should not even put questions in the public assembly (1 Corinthians 14:34-35).

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Matthew Poole1624–1679Matthew Poole's Commentary on the Holy Bible

That is, in the public assemblies for worship, it is the woman’ s part silently to learn, showing thereby a subjection to the man, who is the head of the woman.

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John Trapp1601–1669Trapp's Complete Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. Ver. 11. Let the woman learn] Not to teach, to wit, in the public assemblies, be she never so learned or godly.

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Charles John Ellicott1819–1905Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(11) Let the woman learn in silence.—The thought of public ministration is still in the Apostle’s mind, when he gives this injunction. The very questioning on difficult points is forbidden them at the public assembly (1 Corinthians 14:35). So averse was St. Paul to anything which might mar the quiet solemnity of these meetings for prayer and praise and authoritative instruction. This prohibition to speak publicly in assemblies for prayer and praise in the case of Christian women, was renewed in the North African Church, at the Council of Carthage, held A.D. 398. The same Council, however, specially permitted women to teach those of their own sex in private; indeed, the power to teach…

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AdamClarkeAdam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

Verse 11. Let the woman learn in silence] This is generally supposed to be a prohibition of women's preaching. I have already said what I judge necessary on this subject in the notes on "1 Corinthians 11:5", c., and 1 Corinthians 14:34; 1 Corinthians 14:35 to which places I beg leave to refer the reader.

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CambridgeThe Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

11. Let the woman learn in silence] The reference is still to the public assemblies. The exact rendering in our idiom of the article is, with R.V., Let a woman learn, in silence, in quiet, as in 1 Timothy 2:2. Cf. 1 Corinthians 14:34-35.

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Albert Barnes1798–1870Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Let the woman learn in silence - Listen attentively to instruction, without attempting to teach in public; see the notes on 1 Corinthians 14:35.

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The verse in English, compared — 16 translations, and where they part company

Every translation on this page is a decision someone had to make and commit to. Read down a column and you see one translator's judgement; read across a row and you see the range the Greek actually allows. The BSB is the wording the rest of this page is measured against, so it is listed first.

Modern formal

BSBBerean Standard Bible2020

A woman must learn in quietness and full submissiveness.

WEBWorld English Bible2000

Let a woman learn in quietness with full submission.

MSBMajority Standard Bible2022

A woman must learn in quietness and full submissiveness.

NETBNew English Translation2006

A woman must learn quietly with all submissiveness.

Tyndale line

KJVKing James Version1611

Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.

ASVAmerican Standard Version1901

Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection.

RVARevised Version, American1894

Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection.

NWBWebster's Bible1833

Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.

GNVGeneva Bible1599

Let the woman learne in silence with all subiection.

Strictly literal

DBYDarby Translation1890

Let a woman learn in quietness in all subjection;

YLTYoung's Literal Translation1862

Let a woman in quietness learn in all subjection,

LSVLiteral Standard Version2020

Let a woman learn in quietness in all subjection,

ULBUnlocked Literal Bible2017

A woman should learn in silence and with all submission.

From the Latin

DRADouay-Rheims (Challoner)1899

Let the woman learn in silence, with all subjection.

Simplified

FBVFree Bible Version2020

Women should learn quietly, respecting their place.

BBEBible in Basic English1949

Let a woman quietly take the place of a learner and be under authority.

Word by word, the decisions they made

γυνὴgunē A woman G1135 3 different renderings
a womanASV BBE BSB DBY LSV MSB NETB RVA ULB WEB YLT
womanDRA GNV KJV NWB
womenFBV
μανθανέτωmanthanō should learn G3129 2 different renderings
learnASV BSB DBY DRA KJV LSV MSB NETB NWB RVA WEB YLT
should learnFBV ULB
ὑποταγῇ·hupotagē submissiveness; G5292 3 different renderings
subjectionASV DBY DRA KJV LSV NWB RVA YLT
submissivenessBSB MSB NETB
submissionULB WEB

Counted from the translations carried on this site, not from a survey of every English Bible. A rendering shared by many versions is usually inherited rather than independently arrived at — the Tyndale line in particular runs through most of them.


The sentence as the grammar sees it — from the Nestle 1904 treebank

This is not our own analysis: it is the scholarly syntax tree for the verse, showing how the clause actually holds together.

clausesubjectΓυνὴA womanprepositional phrase · adverbialἐνinἡσυχίᾳquietnessverbμανθανέτωlet learnprepositional phrase · adverbialἐνinnoun phraseπάσῃallὑποταγῇsubmissiveness

Boxes are the grammarian's groupings — clause, noun phrase, prepositional phrase.


The earliest translations — Latin and Syriac

Every translation is an argument about meaning made by someone who had to commit to one. These two were made while the Greek was still a living language, and they are the oldest opinions we have about what this verse says.

Latin VulgateAD 382–405

Mulier in silentio discat cum omni subjectione.

Jerome revised the Old Latin against the Greek from AD 382; the Latin west read this text for a thousand years.

Syriac Peshittaby AD 400

ܐܢܬܬܐ ܒܫܠܝܐ ܗܘܬ ܝܠܦܐ ܒܟܠ ܫܘܥܒܕ

The Bible of the Syriac-speaking church, in the language nearest to the Aramaic Jesus spoke.

Shown verse by verse rather than word by word: aligning a Greek word to its Latin or Syriac counterpart automatically would be guesswork, and a wrong alignment is worse than none.


The Greek editions compared — what the manuscripts actually say

Eight printed editions of the Greek New Testament, side by side. Where they agree the wording is settled; where a word is missing from an edition it is marked, so you can see the difference rather than take it on trust.

Nestle-Aland 28th edition2012 · Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft

γυνὴ ἐν ἡσυχίᾳ μανθανέτω ἐν πάσῃ ὑποταγῇ·

The standard critical text of the New Testament.

Nestle-Aland 27th edition1993 · Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft

γυνὴ ἐν ἡσυχίᾳ μανθανέτω ἐν πάσῃ ὑποταγῇ·

The previous edition, still widely cited.

SBL Greek New Testament2010 · Michael Holmes

γυνὴ ἐν ἡσυχίᾳ μανθανέτω ἐν πάσῃ ὑποταγῇ·

The Society of Biblical Literature edition, freely licensed.

Westcott–Hort1881 · Westcott and Hort

γυνὴ ἐν ἡσυχίᾳ μανθανέτω ἐν πάσῃ ὑποταγῇ·

The edition that turned scholarship toward the earliest manuscripts.

Tregelles1857–1879 · Samuel Prideaux Tregelles

γυνὴ ἐν ἡσυχίᾳ μανθανέτω ἐν πάσῃ ὑποταγῇ·

An independent critical text built from the oldest witnesses then known.

Tyndale House Greek NT2017 · Tyndale House, Cambridge

γυνὴ ἐν ἡσυχίᾳ μανθανέτω ἐν πάσῃ ὑποταγῇ·

A recent critical edition following documentary evidence closely.

Byzantine majority text2018 · Robinson–Pierpont

γυνὴ ἐν ἡσυχίᾳ μανθανέτω ἐν πάσῃ ὑποταγῇ·

The reading of the majority of surviving manuscripts.

Textus Receptus1550/1894 lineage

γυνὴ ἐν ἡσυχίᾳ μανθανέτω ἐν πάσῃ ὑποταγῇ·

The printed tradition behind the King James Version.

Every witness on this verse all agree
Critical editions
Nestle-Aland 28th edition2012Nestle-Aland 27th edition1993SBL Greek New Testament2010Westcott–Hort1881Tregelles1857–1879Tyndale House Greek NT2017
Byzantine / Majority
Byzantine majority text2018
Received Text
Textus Receptus1550/1894

A witness that read differently would show its variant word here, marked.

Word by word, across the editions

Every edition agrees. All 8 printed editions — Nestle-Aland 28, Nestle-Aland 27, SBLGNT, Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Tyndale House 2017, Textus Receptus (KJV), Byzantine majority — carry every word of this verse, in the same order, with no difference that any translator would render differently.


The map of this verse — what each word keeps company with

This is a map of two things, both counted rather than judged. Company kept: which words stand within three words of each of these, anywhere in the Greek New Testament — the thicker the line, the more often the pair meet compared with chance. Built from: the words a word is made out of, taken from its own Strong’s entry. It is not a map of meaning: nothing here claims two words mean the same thing. Click any circle to see the numbers behind it.

1 Timothy 2:11γυνήA womanA womanγυνήἐνininἐνἡσυχίαquietnessquietnessἡσυχίαμανθάνωshould learshould learnμανθάνωἐνininἐνπᾶςallallπᾶςὑποταγήsubmissivensubmissiveness;ὑποταγήεἰςPrep. intoPrep. into, in,εἰςἐκPrep. fromPrep. from out,ἐκγίνομαιv. I come v. I come into γίνομαιἡσύχιοςAdj quiet,Adj quiet, tranἡσύχιοςὑποτάσσωv. I placev. I place undeὑποτάσσωσυναγωγήn.f. an asn.f. an assemblσυναγωγήἔρημοςAdj desertAdj deserted, dἔρημοςἐνPrep. in, Prep. in, on, aἐνἀνήρn.m. a maln.m. a male humἀνήργαμέωv. I marryv. I marryγαμέωσυκῆn.f. a fign.f. a fig-treeσυκῆπαραβολήn.f. a parn.f. a parable,παραβολήκατοικέωv. I dwellv. I dwell in, κατοικέωπᾶςAdj all, tAdj all, the whπᾶς
meets it a little oftener than chancemeets it far oftener than chancebuilt from the same roottwo words of the verse share ita word of this versea related word

Lexicons — every word in 1 Timothy 2:11

One dossier per word, with every reference work grouped by kind — Greek lexicons, morphology, Bible dictionaries, topical chains and the English of the translators themselves. The verse sits at the head of each block with the word under study lit, so you never lose your place. The panel above gives the short answer; this is the long one, and it is the part of the page worth indexing.

Every entry below is the lexicographer's own text. Imported from the CrossWire SWORD modules — Abbott-Smith, the full Liddell-Scott-Jones, Strong's, Dodson, the Intermediate LSJ, Robinson and Packard on the Greek, Webster and Cawdrey on the English the translators were using. Where a cell says a work has no entry, that work genuinely has none for this word.

A woman in quietness should learn in all submissiveness;
γυνὴgunē A woman G1135 Noun · nominative · singular · feminine
214× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
commoner in 1 Timothy than anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
A woman, either married or unmarried, and sometimes specifically a wife, as in Matthew 11:11 and Romans 7:2. This term is also used as a term of respect and endearment.
Amplified meaning
a female, either married or unmarried
Tyndale gloss
woman
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Greek word γυνή (i.e., *gunē*) means 'woman' and can refer to any female, including wives and unmarried women. It is used in various contexts in the New Testament, such as addressing women with respect or affection. The term also specifically denotes a wife and appears in passages like Matthew 1:20 and 14:3. Lexicons note that it can imply different nuances depending on the context.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

γυνή, -αικός, ἡ,

[in LXX for אִשָּׁה ;]

a woman, married or unmarried: Mt 11:11 14:21, al.; ὕπανδρος γ., Ro 7:2; γ. χήρα, Lk 4:26; in vocat., γύναι implies neither reproof nor severity, but is used freq. as a term of respect and endearment, Mt 15:28, Jo 2:4, 4:21 19:26.

a wife: Mt 1:20, I Co 7:3, 4 al.; γ. ἀπολύειν, Mk 10:2, al.; γ. ἔχειν Mk 6:18; γ. λαβεῖν, Mk 12:19; γ.…

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Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament from a scan

γυνή, -αικός, ἡ; 1. univ. a woman of any age, whether a virgin, or married, or a widow: Mt. ix. 20; xiii. 33; xxvii. 55; Lk. xiii. 11; Acts v. 14, ete.; ἡ μεμνηστευμένη τινὶ γυνή, Lk. ii. 5 RG; ἡ ὕπανδρος γυνή, Ro. vii. 2 ; γυνὴ xnpa, Lk. iv. 26 (1 K. vii. 2 (14); xvii. 9; femina vidua, | Nep. praef. 4). 2. a wife: 1 Co. vii. 3 sq. 10, 13 sq.; | Eph. ν. 22, ete.; γυνή τινος, Mt. v. 31 sq. ; xix. 3,5; Acts v. 1, 7; 1 Co. vii. 2; Eph. v. 28; Rev. ii. 20 [G L WH mrg.], ete. of a betrothed woman: Mt. i. 20, 24. ἡ γυνὴ τοῦ πατρός his step-mother: 1 Co. v. 1 (38 NW, Lev. xviii. 8). ἔχειν γυναῖκα : Mt. xiv.4; xxii. 28; Mk. vi. 18; xii. 23; Lk. xx. 33; see ἔχω, I. 2b. fin. γύναι, as a form of address, may be used — either in indignation, Lk. xxii. 57; or in admiration, Mt. xv. 28; or in kindness and favor, Lk. xiii. 12; Jn. iv. 21; or in respect, Jn. ii. 4; xix. 26, (as in Hom. Il. 3, 204; Od.…

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Moulton & Milligan, Vocabulary of the Greek Testament from a scan

γυνή. This old noun retains from Homer down to MGr—where it has only changed its declension (ἡ yvvaika)—the two meanings of ‘‘woman”’ and ‘‘ wife”: it is superfluous to illustrate the one or the other, as we should get no light on the only questions that arise in NT, such as which word to use in rendering Mt 578. The meeting of two words characteristic of that passage does, however, make it worth while to quote Wiinsch 4 58° (iii/A.D.), where Domitiana prays that her lover may be wholly devoted to her, μηδεμίαν ἄλλην γυναῖκα μήτε παρθένον ἐπιθυμοῦντα. That γυναῖκα = ‘* married woman” in Mt /.c. is anyhow probable. The phrase of Mk 1215 ἢ etc., may be paralleled in the oldest word is | | the Κοινή. yovla extant Greek papyrus, P Eleph 1° (B.c. 311) (= Selections, p. 2) λαμβάνει Ἡρακλείδης Δημητρίαν Koray γυναῖκα γνησίαν παρὰ τοῦ πατρός κτλ. The irregularity of the word’s flexion naturally…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

γυνή (gunē) — woman.

γῠνή,

Doric dialect γυνά, Boeotian dialect βανά (see entry), ἡ, genitive γυναικός, accusative γυναῖκα, vocative γύναι (γυνή [Refs 6th c.BC+]: Aeolic dialect dative plural γυναίκεσσι [Refs 7th c.BC+]:—woman, opposed to man,[Refs 8th c.BC+] substantive, γ. ταμίη[Refs 8th c.BC+]; γρηΰς (which see), ἀλετρίς (which see), δμῳαὶ γυναῖκες [Refs 8th c.BC+]: vocative, as a term of respect or affection, mistress, lady, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φαντὶ γυναῖκες the lasses say, [Refs]; πρὸς γυναικός like a woman, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὅρκους γυναικὸς εἰς ὕδωρ γράφω [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. wife, spouse, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to ἑταίρα, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; γ. γνησία, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; also, concubine, [Refs 8th c.BC+]

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

γυνή

gune

probably from the base of 1096; a woman; specially, a wife:--wife,

woman.

see GREEK for 1096

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

γυνή, αικός, ἡ

n.f.

a woman, wife, my lady

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

γυνή gynē 215x

a woman, Mt. 5:28, et al.; a married woman, wife, Mt. 5:31, 32; 14:3, et al.; in the voc. ὦ γύναι, O woman! an ordinary mode of addressing females under every circumstance; met. used of the Church, as united to Christ, Rev. 19:7; 21:9

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

γυνή Prob. from same Root as γίγνομαι. a woman, Lat. femina, opp. to man, Hom., etc.; with a second Subst., γυνὴ ταμίη housekeeper, δέσποινα γ., δμωαὶ γυναῖκες, etc., id. Hom.:—in voc. often as a term of respect, mistress, lady, Theocr.:— πρὸς γυναικός like a woman, Aesch.

a wife, spouse, opp. to παρθένος, Hom., Xen.

a mortal woman, opp to a goddess, Hom.

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Noun-NSF — Noun · nominative · singular · feminine
nominative — the one doing it — the subject.
Agrees with anything else marked singular feminine.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

N-NSF Part of Speech: Noun Case: Nominative Number: Singular Gender: Feminine

Bible dictionarieson the English sense
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

woom'-an ('ishshah, "a woman" (feminine of 'ish, "a man"]; gune, "a woman" "wife"):

I. IN THE CREATIVE PLAN

II. IN OLD TESTAMENT TIMES

1. Prominence of Women

2. Social Equality

3. Marriage Laws

4. Inheritance

5. Domestic Duties

6. Dress and Ornaments

7. Religious Devotion and Service

(1) in Idolatry and False Religion

(2) in Spiritual Religion

III. INTER-TESTAMENTAL ERA

IV. IN NEW TESTAMENT TIMES

1. Mary and Elisabeth

2. Jesus and Women

3. In the Early Church

4. Official Service

5. Widows

6. Deaconesses

IV. LATER TIMES

1. Changes in Character and Condition

2. Notable Examples of Christian Womanhood

3. Woman in the 20th Century

The generic term "man" includes woman. In the narrative of the creation (Ge 1:26,27) Adam is a collective term for mankind. It may signify human being, male or female, or humanity entire. "God said, Let us make man .... and let them"…

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Woman

Was “taken out of man” (Gen. 2:23), and therefore the man has the preeminence. “The head of the woman is the man;” but yet honour is to be shown to the wife, “as unto the weaker vessel” (1 Cor. 11:3, 8, 9; 1 Pet. 3:7). Several women are mentioned in Scripture as having been endowed with prophetic gifts, as Miriam (Ex. 15:20), Deborah (Judg. 4:4, 5), Huldah (2 Kings 22:14), Noadiah (Neh. 6:14), Anna (Luke 2:36, 37), and the daughters of Philip the evangelist…

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

Is spoken of in Scripture as the beloved and honored companion and helpmeet, not the servant, of man, Ge 2:23,24, created as the necessary completion of man, Ge 3:16 1Co 11:3,8,9 14:34,35 1Ti 2:11-14, yet specially qualified for that sphere, and as necessary in it as man in his. Man and woman are indeed essentially one, the natural qualities of each so responding to those of the other as to lay the foundation of the most tender and abiding unity. The Bible thus raised the Jewish woman high above the woman of heathenism; and the Old Testament contains some of the finest portraitures of female character. But still greater is the contrast between the women of heathenism and…

Torrey's New Topical Textbook

- Origin and cause of the name

Ge 2:23

- ORIGINALLY MADE

. By God in his own image

Ge 1:27

. From one of Adam's ribs

Ge 2:21,22

. For man

1Co 11:9

. To be an helpmeet for man

Ge 2:18,20

. Subordinate to man

1Co 11:3

. To be the glory of man

1Co 11:7

- Deceived by Satan

Ge 3:1-6; 2Co 11:3; 1Ti 2:14

- Led man to disobey God

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
41%woman
woman41% · 90×wife32% · 71×women15% · 33×wives5% · 11×other renderings2% · 5×other renderings5% · 11×

221 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 11 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.

What it does in the sentencefrom the Nestle 1904 treebank
subject43%object23%adverbial16%predicate6%indirect object3%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 214 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.

The phrases it lives inwhat stands either side of it, across the New Testament
← what comes before
Article the
καίand, even, also,αὐτόςἀπολύωI release, let g
καίand, even, also, nam
τέDisjδέbut, on the otheἈβιάProp
δέbut, on the other ha
Article theκεφαλήthe headπᾶςall, the whole,
αὐτός
ἔχωI have, hold, poπροσέρχομαιI come near, conλέγωI say, speak
ὁράωI see, look upon, ex
καίand, even, also,
γυνήA woman214×
what comes after →
Article the
ἀνήρa male human beiἀδελφόςa brotherγάρfor
καίand, even, also, nam
Article theπαιδίονa little child, μήNeg
αὐτός
καίand, even, also,μήNegδίδωμιI offer, give
ἐν
μοιχείαadulteryμέσοςmiddle, in the mκύριοςlord, Lord, mast
μήNeg
ζητέωI seek, search fφοβέωI fear, am terriἅπτωI touch or handl

branches are dictionary forms, so endings do not split one phrase into five; the number on a branch is how many times the New Testament takes that path

Concordanceγυνή · 214× in the New Testament
1 Corinthians Luke Matthew John Acts Revelation Mark 1 Timothy Ephesians 1 Peter Colossians Galatians

Every reference is on the Strong's page.

Across the New Testament15 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
The Hebrew behind itwhat the Septuagint translators were rendering

Counted over the 424 Old Testament verses where this Greek word stands: which Hebrew word keeps standing there too. A correspondence of verses rather than a word-by-word alignment, so read the percentage as strength of evidence, not as a claim about any single verse.

Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Josephus Philo of Alexandria The Shepherd of Hermas Clement of Rome Ignatius of Antioch
Philo of AlexandriaOn the Creation of the World 124c. AD 40

πάλιν δ’ αὖ γυναιξὶν ἡ φορὰ τῶν καταμηνίων εἰς ἑπτὰ τὰς πλείστας ἡμέρας χορηγεῖται.

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 1.argc. AD 75–95

περὶ Σάρρας τῆς Ἁβράμου γυναικός, καὶ πῶς τὸν βίον κατέστρεψεν.

The Epistle of BarnabasThe Epistle of Barnabas 13.2c. AD 100

ἀκούσατε οὖν περὶ τοῦ λαοῦ τί λέγει ἡ γραφή: Ἐδεῖτο δὲ Ἰσαὰκ περὶ Ῥεβέκκας τῆς γυναικὸς αὐτοῦ, ὅτι στεῖρα ἦν: καὶ συνέλαβεν.

In the everyday Greek (the secular world, not the church)letters, leases, receipts — nobody writing one is trying to sound biblical
2nd c. AD 1st c. AD 3rd c. AD 3rd c. BC 4th c. AD
P.Grenf. 2 25Pathyris104 BC

ὠνὴν Αἰγυπτίαν ἥν ἔθετο διʼ Ἐσπνούθιος Αἰγυπτίου μονογράφου Κροκοδίλων πόλεως Τνεφερῶτι τῇ τοῦ Νεχθανούπιος γυναικὶ ἀντὶ τῆς παρακεχωρημένης ἐν τῆι ἄνω σφραγῖδι ἀρούρας μιᾶς ἡμίσους τετάρτου ὑφʼ ὑμῶν· καὶ

P.Grenf. 2 26Pathyris104 BC

εἰς τὸν Ταρεήσιος λόγον τῆς αὐτοῦ μητρὸς τοῖς δανεισταῖς Χαιρήμωνι καὶ Ἐσθλαδᾷ καὶ Πνήφει γυναικὶ καὶ ἀδελφῇ· καὶ μὴ ἐπελεύσεσθαι Ὧρον μηδʼ ἄλλον μηδένα τῶν παρʼ αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸν

P.Grenf. 2 30Pathyris103 BC

τὰ προγεγραμμένα. τοῦτο δʼ ἐστὶν τὸ ὀφείλημα ὃ ὤφειλεν Ἁρπὼς Παβῦτος καὶ ἡ τούτου γυνὴ Ταρεῆσις. Ἑρμίας ὁ παρὰ Πανίσκου κεχρημάτικα.

A woman in quietness should learn in all submissiveness;
ἐνen in G1722 Preposition
2,743× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
about as common in 1 Timothy as anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
This word is a preposition that means in, on, or among something. It's used in many places, like Matthew 7:3 and Luke 7:37, to describe a location or relationship. It can also mean by, with, or during.
Tyndale gloss
in/on/among
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The most frequent preposition in the New Testament, 2,752 occurrences. In, on, at, among, within — its force comes almost entirely from the word it is attached to. What it does here is put the events inside a community rather than at a distance: they were fulfilled among us.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

ἐν,

prep, (the most freq. of all in NT), c. dat. (= Heb. בְּ, Lat. in, c. abl.).

Of place, c. dat. rei, pers., in, within, on, at, by, among: ἐν τ. πόλει, Lk 7:37; τ. οφθαλμῷ, Mt 7:3; τ. κοιλίᾳ, Mt 12:40; τ. ὄρει, II Pe 1:18; τ. θρόνῳ, Re 3:21; τ. δεξιᾷ τ. θεοῦ, Ro 8:34; ἐν ἡμῖν , Lk 1:1; of books, ἐν τ. βιβλίῳ, Ga 3:10; τ. νόμῳ, Mt 12:5, al.; ἐν τοῖς τ. Πατρός, in my Father's house (RV; cf. M, Pr., 103)…

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ἐν Χριστῷ, ἐν Χριστῷ ᾿Ιησοῦ, ἐν κυρίῳ, (οἴ. Fritzsche, Com. on Rom. vol. ii. p. 82 544.; W. 389 (364); Weiss, Bibl. Theol. des N. T. §§ 84 b., 149 c.), ingrafied as it were in Christ, in fellowship and union with Christ, with the Lord: Ro. iii. 24; vi. 11, 23; viii. 39; 1Co.i.4; 2 Co. iii. 14; Gal. ii. 4; iii. 14, 26, 28; v. 6; Eph.i. 3 [Rec. om. ἐν]; ii. 6 sq. 10,13; 1 Tim.i.14; 2 Tim.i. 1,13; ii-1; 1 Pet. iii. 16; v.10; στήκειν ἐν κυρίῳ, Phil. iv. 1; iva εὑρεθῶ ἐν αὐτῷ, that I may be found (by God and Christ) most intimately united to him, Phil. iii. 9; εἶναι ἐν Χριστῷ "Inc. 1 Co. i. 30; οἱ ἐν Xp. "Ina. Ro. viii. 1; 1 Pet. v. 14; κοιμᾶσθαι ἐν Χριστῷ, θνήσκειν ἐν κυρίῳ, to fall asleep, to die, mindful of relationship to Christ and confiding in it [W. u.s.], 1 Co. xv. 18; Rey. xiv. 13. Since such union with Christ is the basis on which actions and virtues rest, the expression is…

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ἐν 210 contract—time of Augustus) ἱμάτια γυναικεῖα ἐν apyv(plov) δραχμαῖς ἑκατόν, P Oxy IV. 7247 (A.D. 155) ἐξ ὧν ἔσχες τὴν πρώτην δόσιν ἐν δραχμαῖς τεσσαράκοντα, 70. I. 565 (A.D. 211) δανειζομένη. .. ἀργύριον ἔντοκον ἐν δραχμαῖς ἑξακισχειλίαις, and P Grenf II. 778 (iii/iv a.p.) (=Selections, Pp. 120) το]ὺς μισθοὺς. . ὄντας ἐν δραχμαῖς τριακοσίαις τεσσαράκοντα. Similar are P Oxy IV. 7084 (a.p. 188) yopou . . ἐν (1vpod)(apraBats) ’B, BGU 1. 724 (a.p. 191) ἐξέκοψαν πλεῖστον τόπον ἐν ἀρούραις πέντε: with which may be compared Eph 2!° τὸν νόμον τῶν ἐντολῶν ἐν δόγμασιν, “consisting in.” In P Lond 9215 (ii/iii a.p.) (ΞΞ 111. P- 134) γεγονέναι ἐν ἀμπέλῳ = ‘to be planted with vines.” A predicative use of ἐν is seen in P Hib I. 421° (B.c. 262) δώσομεν Λευκίωι ἐν ὀφειλήματι, ‘asa debt,” P Petr I. 1215 (cf. II. p. 22) ὅσα δὲ ᾿Αξιοθέα προσενήνεγκται ἐμ φερνῆι, “ἐᾷς dowry,” and P Tebt I. 120 135…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

ἐν (en) — in/on/among.

ἐν,

poetry ἐνί, εἰν, εἰνί [Refs 8th c.BC+], forms used by Epic dialect and Lyric Poets as the metre requires, but only as falsa lectio in Trag., εἰν [Refs 5th c.BC+] ἰν [Refs]

__PREP. WITH DAT. AND ACC. Radical sense, in, into.

__A WITH DAT.

__A.I OF PLACE,

__A.I.1 in, νήσῳ ἐν ἀμφιρύτῃ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; with names of cities or islands, as ἐν Ἀθήνῃς, ἐν Τροίῃ, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; where ἐν is used, it = in the district of.., ὲν Ἐλευσῖνι [Refs] in my arms, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐν αὑτῷ εἶναι to be in one's senses, be oneself, ἔτ᾽ ἐν σαυτῷ (variant -τοῦ) γενοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__A.I.1.b ἐν τοῖς ἰχθύσιν in the fish-market, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so ἐν τοῖν δυοῖν ὀβολοῖν ἐθεώρουν ἄν in the two-obol seats, [Refs 4th…

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

ἐν

en

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 1519

and 1537); "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.

see GREEK for 1519

see GREEK for 1537

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

ἐν

Prep.

in, on, among

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

ἐν en 2x

followed by the dat., in, Mt. 8:6; Mk. 12:26; Rev. 6:6,; upon, Lk. 8:32; among, Mt. 11:11; before, in the presence of, Mk. 8:38; in the sight, estimation of, 1 Cor. 14:11; before, judicially, 1 Cor. 6:2; in, of state, occupation, habit, Mt. 21:22; Lk. 7:25; Rom. 4:10; in the case of, Read the full entry →

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἐν

e)nprepe)ni/prep ei)nprep ei)ni/prep in, among. c. dat.

Lat. in.

PREP. WITH DAT.:

OF PLACE

in, ἐν νήσῳ, ἐν Τροίῃ, etc., Hom., etc.:—elliptic, ἐν Ἀλκινόοιο (sc. οἴκῳ) Od.; εἰν Ἀΐδαο Il.; ἐν παιδοτρίβου at the school of the training master, Ar.

in, upon, ἐν οὔρεσι Hom., etc.

in the number of, amongst, ἐν Δαναοῖς, etc., Hom.; and with Verbs of ruling, ἄρχειν, ἀνάσσειν ἐν πολλοῖς to be first or lord among many, i. e. over them, id. Hom.; cf. ὁ, τό B. III. 3.

in one's hands, within one's reach or power, Lat. penes, Hom., etc.; ἐν σοὶ γάρ ἐσμεν Soph.; ἐν τῷ θεῷ τὸ τέλος ἦν Dem.

in respect of, ἐν γήρᾳ in point of age, Soph.

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Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Prep — Preposition
preposition — its sense depends on the case of the word it governs.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

PREP PREPosition

Bible dictionarieson the English sense
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

A principal thing to notice about this preposition, which in the King James Version represents about 16 Hebrew and as many Greek words and prepositions, is that, in hundreds of cases (especially in the Old Testament, but frequently also in the New Testament) in the Revised Version (British and American) the rendering is changed to more exact forms ("to," "unto," "by," "upon," "at," "with," "among," "for," "throughout," etc.; compare e.g. Ge 6:16; 13:8; 17:7,9,12; 18:1; Ex 8:17; Le 1:9, etc.); while, nearly as often, "in" is substituted for divergent forms of the King James Version (e.g. Ge 2:14; 17:11; 31:54; 40:7; 49:17; Ex…

Across the New Testament27 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
A woman in quietness should learn in all submissiveness;
ἡσυχίᾳhēsuchia quietness G2271 Noun · dative · singular · feminine
4× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
commoner in 1 Timothy than anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
This word means quietness or stillness, like a peaceful and calm atmosphere. It is used in Acts and 1 Timothy to describe a state of silence or tranquility.
Amplified meaning
stillness, peaceful atmosphere
Tyndale gloss
quietness
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Greek word ἡσυχία (i.e., *hesuchia*) means quietness, stillness, or silence. It is derived from the adjective ἡσύχιος, and covers a range of meanings related to rest and tranquility. In the New Testament, it appears in contexts emphasizing peaceful living and silent attention, notably in 2 Thessalonians 3:12 and 1 Timothy 2:11-12. The lexicons do not present significant disagreements regarding its meanings.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

ἡσυχία, -ας, ἡ

(< ἡσύχιος, q.v.),

[in LXX for אִישׁוֹן, שָׁלֶו, etc.;]

quietness: II Th 3:12.

stillness, silence: Ac 22:2, I Ti 2:11, 12.†

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament from a scan

ἡσυχία, -as, ἡ, (fr. the adj. ἡσύχιος, q. v-; the fem. expresses the general notion [W. 95 (90)], cf. αἰτία, ἀρετή,

Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

ἡσυχία (hēsuchia) — quietness.

ἡσῠχ-ία,

Ionic dialect -ιη, Doric dialect ἁσ-(?), ἡ, rest, quiet, [Refs 8th c.BC+] rest from.. , [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. silence, stillness, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of the Pythagoreans, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

3. with Preps., δι᾽ ἡσυχίης εἶναι keep quiet, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν τῇ ἡσυχία, opposed to ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν ἡ. ἔχειν τι to keep it quiet, not speak of it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν ἡ. ἔχειν σφέας αὐτούς[Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατ᾽ ἡσυχίην πολλήν quite at one's ease, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καθ᾽ ἡσυχίαν at leisure, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to διὰ σπουδῆς, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μετὰ.. ἡσυχίας quietly, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

4. with Verbs,

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

ἡσυχία

hesuchia

feminine of 2272; (as noun) stillness, i.e. desistance from bustle or

language:--quietness, silence.

see GREEK for 2272

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

ἡσυχία, ας, ἡ

n.f.

quietness, silence

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

ἡσυχία hēsychia 4x

rest, quiet, tranquillity; a quiet, tranquil life, 2 Thess. 3:12; silence, silent attention, Acts 22:2; 1 Tim. 2:11, 12*

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἡσυχία ἁσυχία, ἡ, stillness, rest, quiet, Od., Hdt., attic:—c. gen. rest from a thing, Hdt., Plat.

with Preps., δι᾽ ἡσυχίης εἶναι to keep quiet, Hdt.:— ἐν ἡς. ἔχειν τι to keep it quiet, not speak of it, id. Hdt.:— ἐφ᾽ ἡσυχίας Ar.:— κατ᾽ ἡσυχίην πολλήν quite at one's ease, Hdt.; καθ᾽ ἡσυχίαν at leisure, Thuc.:— μεθ᾽ ἡσυχίας quietly, Eur.

with Verbs, ἡσυχίαν ἄγειν to keep quiet, be at rest, keep silent, Hdt., attic:—so ἡσυχίαν ἔχειν Hdt., attic

solitude, a sequestered place, Hhymn., Xen.

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Noun-DSF — Noun · dative · singular · feminine
dative — to, for, with — the one it is done to or by.
Agrees with anything else marked singular feminine.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

N-DSF Part of Speech: Noun Case: Dative Number: Singular Gender: Feminine

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
75%quietness
quietness75% · 3×quiet25% · 1×

4 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 2 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.

What it does in the sentencefrom the Nestle 1904 treebank
adverbial50%object25%predicate25%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 4 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.

The phrases it lives inwhat stands either side of it, across the New Testament
← what comes before
ἐν
γυνήa woman, wife, mεἰμίI am, exist
παρέχωI offer, provide
μᾶλλονmore, rather
μετά
ἵναin order that, s
ἡσυχίαquietness
what comes after →
καίand, even, also, nam
φημίI say
ἐργάζομαιI word, trade, do
Article the
μανθάνωI learn, ascertain
ἐν

branches are dictionary forms, so endings do not split one phrase into five; the number on a branch is how many times the New Testament takes that path

Concordanceἡσυχία · 4× in the New Testament
1 Timothy 2 Thessalonians Acts
Across the New Testament3 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
The company it keepswords that stand beside it more often than chance
Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Philo of Alexandria Josephus Ignatius of Antioch The Shepherd of Hermas
Philo of AlexandriaOn the Creation of the World 86c. AD 40

ὁ δ’ ἐφιδρυμένος ἄνευ καμάτων κατὰ πολλὴν ἡσυχίαν ἑτέρου σώματι καὶ

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 1.274c. AD 75–95

καὶ τῆς διαμαρτίας Ἴσακος αἰσθόμενος ἡσυχίαν ἄγει, Ἡσαῦς δὲ ἠξίου τῶν ὁμοίων τἀδελφῷ παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς τυγχάνειν·

The Shepherd of HermasThe Shepherd of Hermas 10.2.6c. AD 140

τὸ τρυφερὸν οὖν πνεῦμα, μὴ ἔχον συνήθειαν μετὰ πονηροῦ πνεύματος κατοικεῖν μηδὲ μετὰ σκληρότητος, ἀποχωρεῖ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τοῦ τοιούτου καὶ ζητεῖ κατοικεῖν μετὰ πραότητος καὶ ἡσυχίας.

In the everyday Greek (the secular world, not the church)letters, leases, receipts — nobody writing one is trying to sound biblical
4th c. AD 6th c. AD 3rd c. AD 2nd c. AD 2nd c. BC
P.Oslo 2 22Theadelphia (Arsinoites)AD 127

δέουσαν ἐπέξοδον ἵνα δυνηθῶ διὰ τῆς σῆς βοηθείας καὶ ἀντιλήψεως ἐν τῇ ἰδίᾳ μετʼ ἡσυχίας διαζῆν καὶ ὦ ὑπὸ σοῦ πεφιλανθρωπημένη. διευτύχει. ἔτους δωδεκάτου Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Τραιανοῦ Ἁδριανοῦ Σεβαστοῦ.

PSI 13 1337AD 250–AD 260

διαχρώμενος κακίᾳ. ὅτε μὲν ὁ πράτης περιῆν, ἐμοῦ πολλῷ χρόνῳ τὴν νομὴν ἔχοντος, τὰς ἡσυχίας ἦγε, πρώτως δὲ νῦν συσκευάζεταί με μετὰ τελευτὴν τοῦ προγεγραμμένου μου πράτου μετατ

CdÉ 24 (1949), p. 309-HermopolisAD 285

ὁ καὶ … ριωνος Ἑρμουπολίτης ἀναγραφόμενος ἐπʼ ἀμφόδου πόλεως λιβὸς Αὐρηλίᾳ … τῇ καὶ Ἡσυχίᾳ … ζιου ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως καὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἀμφόδου … … ρεως αἰτηθέντος

A woman in quietness should learn in all submissiveness;
μανθανέτωmanthanō should learn G3129 Verb · present · active · imperative · third person · singular
25× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
commoner in 1 Timothy than anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
This verb means to learn or understand something, often through inquiry or experience, as seen in 1 Corinthians 14:31 and 1 Timothy 2:11.
Amplified meaning
gain understanding, come to know
Tyndale gloss
to learn
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Greek word μανθάνω (i.e., *manthanō*) means 'to learn' and is derived from a root meaning 'to learn' or 'to understand.' It encompasses learning through inquiry, practice, and experience, and appears in various contexts in the New Testament, such as in 1 Timothy and Philippians. The lexicons do not present significant disagreements, but they highlight different nuances of learning, from acquiring knowledge to developing habits.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

μανθάνω,

[in LXX chiefly for למד;]

to learn, esp. by inquiry: absol., I Co 14:31, I Ti 2:11, II Ti 3:7; c. acc. rei, Jo 7:15 (sc. αὐτά), Ro 16:17, I Co 14:35, Phl 4:9, II Ti 3:14, Re 14:3; seq. quaes. indir., Mt 9:13; Χριστόν, Eph 4:20 (ICC, in l.); seq. ἀπό, c. gen. rei, Mt 24:32, Mk 13:28

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μανθάνω; 2 aor. ἔμαθον; pf. ptep. μεμαθηκώς ; Sept. for ἼΞΩΣ [fr. Hom. down]; 10 learn, be apprised; a univ.: absol. to increase one’s knowledge, 1 Tim. ii. 11; 2 Tim. iii. 7; to be increased in knowledge, 1 Co. xiv. 31; ri, Ro. xvi. 17; 1 Co. xiv. 35; Phil. iv. 9; 2 Tim. iii. 14; Rev. xiv. 3; in Jn. vii. 15 supply αὐτά; foll. by an indir. quest., Mt. ix. 13; Χριστόν, to be imbued with the knowledge of Christ, Eph. iv. 20; τί foll. by ἀπό w. gen. of the thing furnishing the instruction, Mt. xxiv. 32; Mk. xiii. 28; ἀπό w. gen. of the pers. teaching, Mt. xi. 29; Col. i. 7; as in class. Grk. (cf. Kriiger § 68, 34, 1; B. § 147, 5 [ef. 167 (146) and ἀπό, II. 1 d.]); foll. by παρά w. gen. of pers. teaching, 2 Tim. iii. 14 cf. Jn. vi. 45; foll. by ἐν w. dat. of pers., in one i. 6. by his example [see ἐν, I. 3 b.], 1 Co. iv. 6 [ef. W. 590 (548 sq.); B. 394 sq. (338) ]. Ὁ. i. q. to hear, be…

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μανθάνω more,” and P Fay 1365 (iv/A.D.) ὅθεν μηδένα εὐλαβούμενοι μᾶλλον ἀπαντήσατε ἀπ᾽ ἑαυτῶν, “therefore heed no one rather than me and return from where you are” (Edd.). For the intensive μᾶλλον in the NT see Milligan on 1 Thess 4}. Mahyos. With this proper name (Jn 1819) we may compare a certain "Ippatos Μάλιχος, the only Semite name in a ii/A.p. inilitary letter published by Comparetti in 7761. Nic. Pp: 57 ff. : see the editor's note to #6, and cf. P Magd 15 verso (Buc. 221). Maun. For the later sense of ‘‘grandmother,” as in 2 Tim 15 (cf. 4 Macc 169), cf. P Rein 4914 (a.p. 215-6) (= Chrest. I. Ῥ- 243) pov μητρ[ὸς kal τῆ]ς μάμμης Av[p]nAXla[s. See also the letter addressed by Epicurus to a child Ex Vol. Hercul. 1768 (iii/B.c.) (= Selections, p. 5) εὖ δὲ motei]s καὶ od εἰἰ ὑ]γιαίνεις καὶ ἡ μ[ά]μμη [σ]ου, ‘it is well if you also and your grandmother are in good health,” P Oxy XIV.…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

μανθάνω (manthanō) — to learn.

μανθάνω,

[Refs 5th c.BC+]: future μᾰθήσομαι [Refs 6th c.BC+]; Doric dialect μᾰθεῦμαι uncertain in [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: aorist ἔμᾰθον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect ἔμμαθον [Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect μεμάθηκα [Refs 6th c.BC+]pluperfect ἐμεμαθήκη[Refs]; 3rd.pers. singular ἐμεμαθήκει [Refs]; 3rd.pers. plural μεμαθήκεσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, used by good writers only in present, as [Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist forms μάθον, ἔμμαθες, ἔμμαθε:—learn, especially by study (but also, by practice, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; by experience, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: with infinitive, μάθον ἔμμεναι ἐσθλός [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ταλάντου τοῦτ᾽ ἔμαθεν for a talent, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ μανθάνοντες learners, pupils, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. τὰ Ὁμήρου ἔπη learn by heart, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. τί τινος learn from.., [Refs 5th c.BC+] Thgn.[same place]; μ. καθ᾽ Ὅμηρον Xenoph.[same place]; τι…

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

μανθάνω

manthano

prolongation from a primary verb, another form of which,

matheo, is used as an alternate in certain tenses; to learn

(in any way):--learn, understand.

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

μανθάνω

v.

I learn, ascertain

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

μανθάνω manthanō 25x

to learn, be taught, Mt. 9:13; 11:29; 24:32; to learn by practice or experience, acquire a custom or habit, Phil. 4:11; 1 Tim. 5:4, 13; to ascertain, be informed, Acts 23:27; to understand, comprehend, Rev. 14:3

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

μανθάνω from Root ΜΑΘ to learn, esp. by inquiry; and in aor. to have learnt, i. e. to understand, know, Od., attic; ἀεὶ γὰρ ἡβᾶι τοῖς γέρουσιν εὖ μαθεῖν Aesch.; οἱ μανθάνοντες, learners, pupils, Xen.: —c. inf. to learn to do, learn how to do, Il., Aesch., etc.

to perceive by the senses, remark, notice, Hdt., Xen.:—with a part., μάνθανε ὤν, like ἴσθι ὤν, know that you are, Soph., etc.

to understand, comprehend, Aesch., etc.:—often in Dialogue, μανθάνεις; Lat. tenes? d'ye see?— Answ., πάνυ μανθάνω, perfectly! Ar.

in attic, τί μαθών; often begins a question, having learnt what? for what new reason? wherefore? id. Ar., etc.

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Verb-PAM-3S — Verb · present · active · imperative · third person · singular
present active imperative — an action in progress.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

V-PAM-3S Part of Speech: Verb Tense: Present Voice: Active Mood: iMperative Person: third Number: Singular

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
16%do learn
do learn16% · 4×learn12% · 3×having learned8% · 2×have learned8% · 2×you have learned8% · 2×you learned8% · 2×should learn8% · 2×you may learn4% · 1×other renderings28% · 7×

25 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 15 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.

What it does in the sentencefrom the Nestle 1904 treebank
verb100%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 25 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.

The phrases it lives inwhat stands either side of it, across the New Testament
← what comes before
καίand, even, also, nam
σύπατήρfather, Father, ὅς
συκῆa fig-tree
Article the
δέbut, on the other ha
πορεύομαιI travel, journe
μήNeg
οἶδαI know, remember
ἐξαιρέωI remove, choose, re
στράτευμαan army
μανθάνωshould learn25×
what comes after →
Article the
παραβολήa parable, compaμήNegΧριστόςanointed, the Me
ἀπό
ἐγώσύἘπαφρᾶςEpaphras
καίand, even, also, nam
πᾶςall, the whole, παραλαμβάνωI take, receiveμηδέποτεNeg
ἐν
ὅςπᾶςall, the whole,
τίςIrg
εἰμίI am, exist

branches are dictionary forms, so endings do not split one phrase into five; the number on a branch is how many times the New Testament takes that path

Concordanceμανθάνω · 25× in the New Testament
1 Corinthians 1 Timothy 2 Timothy Matthew John Philippians Acts Colossians Ephesians Galatians Hebrews Mark
Across the New Testament15 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
The Hebrew behind itwhat the Septuagint translators were rendering

Counted over the 32 Old Testament verses where this Greek word stands: which Hebrew word keeps standing there too. A correspondence of verses rather than a word-by-word alignment, so read the percentage as strength of evidence, not as a claim about any single verse.

Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Josephus Philo of Alexandria The Epistle of Barnabas Clement of Rome Ignatius of Antioch
Philo of AlexandriaAllegorical Interpretation of Genesis 3.194c. AD 40

ἐὰν δὲ τούτους δρασμῷ χρησάμενος καταλίπῃς, ὑποδέξεταί σε φιλόδουλος δεσπότης ἐπ’ ἐλπίσι χρησταῖς ἐλευθερίας καὶ οὐκ ἐκδώσει ἔτι τοῖς προτέροις δεσπόταις, μαθὼν παρὰ Μωυσέως δίδαγμα καὶ δόγμα ἀναγκαῖον, „μὴ παραδιδόναι παῖδα τῷ κυρίῳ, ὃς…

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 1.4c. AD 75–95

τὸν μὲν γὰρ πρὸς τοὺς Ῥωμαίους πόλεμον ἡμῖν τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις γενόμενον καὶ τὰς ἐν αὐτῷ πράξεις καὶ τὸ τέλος οἷον ἀπέβη πείρᾳ μαθὼν ἐβιάσθην ἐκδιηγήσασθαι διὰ τοὺς ἐν τῷ γράφειν λυμαινομένους τὴν ἀλήθειαν,

The Epistle of BarnabasThe Epistle of Barnabas 9.7c. AD 100

μάθετε οὖν, τέκνα ἀγάπης, περὶ πάντων πλουσίως, ὅτι Ἀβραάμ, πρῶτος περιτομὴν δούς, ἐν πνεύματι προβλέψας εἰς τὸν Ἰησοῦν περιέτεμεν, λαβὼν τριῶν γραμμάτων δόγματα.

In the everyday Greek (the secular world, not the church)letters, leases, receipts — nobody writing one is trying to sound biblical
3rd c. AD 2nd c. AD 7th c. AD 6th c. AD 4th c. AD
P.Col. 10 266Arsinoites (?)AD 179–AD 181

μου, ἐνέτυχον διὰ βιβλιδίων πλείστων Οὐάληνς τῷ ἐπιστρατηγήσαντι ἀξιοῦσα ἀκουσθῆναι· καὶ Οὐάλη ς δε, μαθὼν τὴν ἀξίωσίν μου διαφέρουσαν τῇ ἐπιστρατηγίᾳ, ἀνεδέξατο, διὰ πασῶν τῶν ὑπογραφῶν ἐκθεὶς τὴν διάγνωσιν.

P.Grenf. 2 59Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)AD 188

κώμης Σοκνοπαίου Νήσου Παουήτι Παουήτιος ἐτῶν ὀγδοήκοντα τὸν ἑαυτῆς παῖδα ὄνομα Στοτοῆτις ἐπικαλούμενος Μύρωνα μαθεῖν τὴν γερδιακὴν τέχνην ἐπὶ μῆνας εἴκοσι ἀπὸ Τῦβι δεκάτης Αἰγυπτίων μηνὸς τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος κθ

P.Mich. 6 423Karanis (ArsinoitesAD 197

Κερκεσοῦχα ἐλάϊνα φυτὰ ἀπεξηραμμένα καὶ ἐρίκινα, ἅπερ παραγενάμενος ἐνθάδε πρὸς τὸν καιρὸν τῆς συνκομιδῆς ἔμαθον ταῦτα ὑπὸ αὐτοῦ πεπρᾶχθαι, ἐφʼ οἷς μὴ ἀρκεσθεὶς πάλιν ἐπῆλθεν μετὰ τῆς γυναικὸς αὐτοῦ

A woman in quietness should learn in all submissiveness;
ἐνen in G1722 Preposition
2,743× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
about as common in 1 Timothy as anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
This word is a preposition that means in, on, or among something. It's used in many places, like Matthew 7:3 and Luke 7:37, to describe a location or relationship. It can also mean by, with, or during.
Tyndale gloss
in/on/among
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The most frequent preposition in the New Testament, 2,752 occurrences. In, on, at, among, within — its force comes almost entirely from the word it is attached to. What it does here is put the events inside a community rather than at a distance: they were fulfilled among us.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

ἐν,

prep, (the most freq. of all in NT), c. dat. (= Heb. בְּ, Lat. in, c. abl.).

Of place, c. dat. rei, pers., in, within, on, at, by, among: ἐν τ. πόλει, Lk 7:37; τ. οφθαλμῷ, Mt 7:3; τ. κοιλίᾳ, Mt 12:40; τ. ὄρει, II Pe 1:18; τ. θρόνῳ, Re 3:21; τ. δεξιᾷ τ. θεοῦ, Ro 8:34; ἐν ἡμῖν , Lk 1:1; of books, ἐν τ. βιβλίῳ, Ga 3:10; τ. νόμῳ, Mt 12:5, al.; ἐν τοῖς τ. Πατρός, in my Father's house (RV; cf. M, Pr., 103)…

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ἐν Χριστῷ, ἐν Χριστῷ ᾿Ιησοῦ, ἐν κυρίῳ, (οἴ. Fritzsche, Com. on Rom. vol. ii. p. 82 544.; W. 389 (364); Weiss, Bibl. Theol. des N. T. §§ 84 b., 149 c.), ingrafied as it were in Christ, in fellowship and union with Christ, with the Lord: Ro. iii. 24; vi. 11, 23; viii. 39; 1Co.i.4; 2 Co. iii. 14; Gal. ii. 4; iii. 14, 26, 28; v. 6; Eph.i. 3 [Rec. om. ἐν]; ii. 6 sq. 10,13; 1 Tim.i.14; 2 Tim.i. 1,13; ii-1; 1 Pet. iii. 16; v.10; στήκειν ἐν κυρίῳ, Phil. iv. 1; iva εὑρεθῶ ἐν αὐτῷ, that I may be found (by God and Christ) most intimately united to him, Phil. iii. 9; εἶναι ἐν Χριστῷ "Inc. 1 Co. i. 30; οἱ ἐν Xp. "Ina. Ro. viii. 1; 1 Pet. v. 14; κοιμᾶσθαι ἐν Χριστῷ, θνήσκειν ἐν κυρίῳ, to fall asleep, to die, mindful of relationship to Christ and confiding in it [W. u.s.], 1 Co. xv. 18; Rey. xiv. 13. Since such union with Christ is the basis on which actions and virtues rest, the expression is…

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ἐν 210 contract—time of Augustus) ἱμάτια γυναικεῖα ἐν apyv(plov) δραχμαῖς ἑκατόν, P Oxy IV. 7247 (A.D. 155) ἐξ ὧν ἔσχες τὴν πρώτην δόσιν ἐν δραχμαῖς τεσσαράκοντα, 70. I. 565 (A.D. 211) δανειζομένη. .. ἀργύριον ἔντοκον ἐν δραχμαῖς ἑξακισχειλίαις, and P Grenf II. 778 (iii/iv a.p.) (=Selections, Pp. 120) το]ὺς μισθοὺς. . ὄντας ἐν δραχμαῖς τριακοσίαις τεσσαράκοντα. Similar are P Oxy IV. 7084 (a.p. 188) yopou . . ἐν (1vpod)(apraBats) ’B, BGU 1. 724 (a.p. 191) ἐξέκοψαν πλεῖστον τόπον ἐν ἀρούραις πέντε: with which may be compared Eph 2!° τὸν νόμον τῶν ἐντολῶν ἐν δόγμασιν, “consisting in.” In P Lond 9215 (ii/iii a.p.) (ΞΞ 111. P- 134) γεγονέναι ἐν ἀμπέλῳ = ‘to be planted with vines.” A predicative use of ἐν is seen in P Hib I. 421° (B.c. 262) δώσομεν Λευκίωι ἐν ὀφειλήματι, ‘asa debt,” P Petr I. 1215 (cf. II. p. 22) ὅσα δὲ ᾿Αξιοθέα προσενήνεγκται ἐμ φερνῆι, “ἐᾷς dowry,” and P Tebt I. 120 135…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

ἐν (en) — in/on/among.

ἐν,

poetry ἐνί, εἰν, εἰνί [Refs 8th c.BC+], forms used by Epic dialect and Lyric Poets as the metre requires, but only as falsa lectio in Trag., εἰν [Refs 5th c.BC+] ἰν [Refs]

__PREP. WITH DAT. AND ACC. Radical sense, in, into.

__A WITH DAT.

__A.I OF PLACE,

__A.I.1 in, νήσῳ ἐν ἀμφιρύτῃ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; with names of cities or islands, as ἐν Ἀθήνῃς, ἐν Τροίῃ, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; where ἐν is used, it = in the district of.., ὲν Ἐλευσῖνι [Refs] in my arms, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐν αὑτῷ εἶναι to be in one's senses, be oneself, ἔτ᾽ ἐν σαυτῷ (variant -τοῦ) γενοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__A.I.1.b ἐν τοῖς ἰχθύσιν in the fish-market, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so ἐν τοῖν δυοῖν ὀβολοῖν ἐθεώρουν ἄν in the two-obol seats, [Refs 4th…

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

ἐν

en

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 1519

and 1537); "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.

see GREEK for 1519

see GREEK for 1537

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

ἐν

Prep.

in, on, among

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

ἐν en 2x

followed by the dat., in, Mt. 8:6; Mk. 12:26; Rev. 6:6,; upon, Lk. 8:32; among, Mt. 11:11; before, in the presence of, Mk. 8:38; in the sight, estimation of, 1 Cor. 14:11; before, judicially, 1 Cor. 6:2; in, of state, occupation, habit, Mt. 21:22; Lk. 7:25; Rom. 4:10; in the case of, Read the full entry →

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἐν

e)nprepe)ni/prep ei)nprep ei)ni/prep in, among. c. dat.

Lat. in.

PREP. WITH DAT.:

OF PLACE

in, ἐν νήσῳ, ἐν Τροίῃ, etc., Hom., etc.:—elliptic, ἐν Ἀλκινόοιο (sc. οἴκῳ) Od.; εἰν Ἀΐδαο Il.; ἐν παιδοτρίβου at the school of the training master, Ar.

in, upon, ἐν οὔρεσι Hom., etc.

in the number of, amongst, ἐν Δαναοῖς, etc., Hom.; and with Verbs of ruling, ἄρχειν, ἀνάσσειν ἐν πολλοῖς to be first or lord among many, i. e. over them, id. Hom.; cf. ὁ, τό B. III. 3.

in one's hands, within one's reach or power, Lat. penes, Hom., etc.; ἐν σοὶ γάρ ἐσμεν Soph.; ἐν τῷ θεῷ τὸ τέλος ἦν Dem.

in respect of, ἐν γήρᾳ in point of age, Soph.

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Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Prep — Preposition
preposition — its sense depends on the case of the word it governs.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

PREP PREPosition

Bible dictionarieson the English sense
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

A principal thing to notice about this preposition, which in the King James Version represents about 16 Hebrew and as many Greek words and prepositions, is that, in hundreds of cases (especially in the Old Testament, but frequently also in the New Testament) in the Revised Version (British and American) the rendering is changed to more exact forms ("to," "unto," "by," "upon," "at," "with," "among," "for," "throughout," etc.; compare e.g. Ge 6:16; 13:8; 17:7,9,12; 18:1; Ex 8:17; Le 1:9, etc.); while, nearly as often, "in" is substituted for divergent forms of the King James Version (e.g. Ge 2:14; 17:11; 31:54; 40:7; 49:17; Ex…

Across the New Testament27 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
A woman in quietness should learn in all submissiveness;
πάσῃpas all G3956 Adjective · dative · singular · feminine
1,242× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
commoner in 1 Timothy than anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
This word means all or every, as in Matthew 3:10 and Romans 7:8, where it refers to everything or all people, emphasizing the universal nature of God's message.
Amplified meaning
complete, absolute
Tyndale gloss
all
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Greek word πᾶς (i.e., *pas*) means 'all' or 'every' and appears in various forms, including masculine, feminine, and neuter. It is used in the New Testament to denote totality, as in 'all things' or 'every kind,' and can function as an adjective or pronoun. Notably, it can also imply 'the whole' when used with definite articles, as seen in verses like Matthew 28:18.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

πᾶς, πᾶσα, πᾶν, gen., παντός, πάσης, παντός,

[in LXX chiefly for כֹּל;]

all, every.

As adj.,

c. subst. anarth., all, every, of every kind: Mt 3:10 4:23, Mk 9:49, Lk 4:37, Jo 2:10, Ac 27:20, Ro 7:8, Re 18:17, al. mult.; pl., all, Ac 22:15, Ro 5:12, He 1:6, al.; of the highest degree, π. ἐξουσία (προθυμία, χαρά), Mt 28:18,

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πᾶς, πᾶσα, πᾶν, en. παντός, πάσης, παντός, [dat. plur. Lchm. πᾶσι ten times, -σιν seventy-two times; Tdf. -σι five times (see Proleg. p. 98 sq.), -ow seventy-seven times; Treg. -ow eighty-two times; WH -ox fourteen times, -ow sixty-eight times; see N, v (ἐφελκυστικόν)], Hebr. 75, [fr. Hom. down], all, every; it is used I. adjectively, and 1. with anarthrous nouns; a. any, every one (86. of the class denoted by the noun annexed to mas); with the Singular: as πᾶν δένδρον, Mt. iii. 10; πᾶσα θυσία, Mk. ix. 49 [T WH Tr mrg. om. Tr txt. br. the cl.]; add, Mt. v.11; xv. 13; Lk. iv. 37; Jn.ii. 10; xv.2; Acts ii.43; v.42; Ro. xiv. 11; 1 Co. iv. 17; Rev. xviii. 17, and very often; πᾶσα ψυχὴ ἀνθρώπου, Ro. ii. 9 (πᾶσα ἀνθρ. ψυχή, Plat. Phaedr. p- 249e.); πᾶσα συνείδησις ἀνθρώπων, 2 Co. iv. 2; mas λεγόμενος θεός, 2 Th. ii. 4; πᾶς ἅγιος ἐν Χριστῷ, Phil. iv. 21sqq. with the Plural, all or any that are…

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παῖς. In Gnomon 41 (¢. A.D. 150) it is laid down—éav Αἰγύπτιος ἐκ κοπρίας [ἀν]έληται παῖδα καὶ τοῦτον υἱοποιήσηται, μετὰ θάνατον τεταρτολο[ γεῖτ]αι, ““1Γ an Egyptian shall take up a child from the dungheap, and adopt him as a son, he shall be mulcted after his death to the extent of one fourth of his property.” For παῖς applied to a female child see P Strass I. 41° (A.D. 250) ἐκδικῆσαι τὰ τῆς παιδός, and P Oxy 1 5215 (A.D. 325) εΠδαμὲν τὴν παῖδα ἔχουσαν κατὰ τῶν εἰσχίων ἀμυχὰς μετὰ πελιωμάτων (see 76. II. p. 319), ““νγῈ saw that the girl had wounds on her hips with livid spots”: cf. Lk 8° (for voc. of address see Pro/eg. pp. 70, 235). The word is commonly applied to slaves, as in Lk 77 a/., e.g. P Lille 27 (iii/B.c.), where 11 male slaves are enumerated under the heading παῖδες, then 2 female slaves, and then again 3 male slaves: cf. P Strass I. 405 (a. p. 569) Κολλοῦθος Βίκτορος…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

πᾶς (pas) — all.

πᾶς, πᾶσα, πᾶν,

__AAeolic dialect παῖς, παῖσα [Refs 7th c.BC+] feminine πάνσα [Refs 8th c.BC+], Epic dialect and Delph. πάντεσσι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also Locrian dialect πάντεσιν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πάντοις [Refs 2nd c.BC+] as accusative masculine in [LXX+7th c.BC+], etc. (but in compounds sometimes long in Attic dialect, [Refs].]—Coll. pronoun, when used of a number, all; when of one only, the whole; of the several persons in a number, every.

__A.I in plural, all, πάντες τε θεοὶ πᾶσαί τε θέαιναι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πάντες ὅσοι.. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πάντας ᾧ ἂνπεριτυγχάνῃ, for ὅσοις ἄν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: also with the Article, see.below [Refs 5th c.BC+]

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

πᾶς

pas

including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all,

any, every, the whole:--all (manner of, means), alway(-s), any (one),

X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no(-thing), X

thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

πᾶς, πᾶσα, πᾶν

Adj

all, the whole, every kind of

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

πᾶς pas 1x

all; in the sg. the whole, entire, usually when the substantive has the article, Mt. 6:29; 8:32; Acts 19:26; every, only with an anarthrous subst., Mt. 3:10; 4:4; pl. all, Mt. 1:17, et al. freq.; πάντα, in all respects, Acts 20:35; 1 Cor. 9:25; 10:33; 11:2; by a Hebraism, a negative with πᾶς is sometimes equivalent to οὐδείς or μηδείς, Mt. 24:22; Lk. 1:37; Acts 10:14; Read the full entry →

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Adj-DSF — Adjective · dative · singular · feminine
dative — to, for, with — the one it is done to or by.
Agrees with anything else marked singular feminine.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

A-DSF Part of Speech: Adjective Case: Dative Number: Singular Gender: Feminine

Bible dictionarieson the English sense
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ol: Used in various combinations, and with different meanings.

(1) All along, "Weeping all along as he went" (Jer 41:6), i.e. throughout the whole way he went, feigning equal concern with the men from Shiloh, etc., for the destruction of the Temple, so as to put them off their guard.

(2) All in all, "That God may be all in all" (1Co 15:28, Greek: panta en pasin, "all things in all (persons and) things"). "The universe, with all it comprises, will wholly answer to God's will and reflect His mind" (Dummelow).

(3) All one, "It is all one" (Job 9:22), "it makes no difference whether I live or die."

(4) At all, "If thy father miss me at all" (1Sa 20:6), "in any way," "in the least."

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
62%all
all62% · 789×all things12% · 156×every12% · 150×everyone6% · 76×everything3% · 34×other renderings3% · 40×other renderings2% · 19×

1,264 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 28 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.

What it does in the sentencefrom the Nestle 1904 treebank
subject40%adverbial30%object21%predicate5%indirect object3%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 1,242 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.

The phrases it lives inwhat stands either side of it, across the New Testament
← what comes before
καίand, even, also, nam
αὐτόςσύλόγοςa word, speech,
ἐν
καίand, even, also,ἀλλάbut, exceptἐγώ
Article the
αὐτόςὅςArticle the
αὐτός
λέγωI say, speakδείκνυμιI point out, shoπροσφέρωI bring to, offe
ἐπί
καίand, even, also,ἐγώεἰμίI am, exist
πᾶςall1242×
what comes after →
Article the
ἔθνοςa race, people, λαόςa people, the crπιστεύωI believe, have
καίand, even, also, nam
Article theχορτάζωI feed, satisfyδιά
σύ
εἰμίI am, existἐνκαίand, even, also,
γάρfor
Article theσύοὗτος
δέbut, on the other ha
Article theοὗτοςὅς

branches are dictionary forms, so endings do not split one phrase into five; the number on a branch is how many times the New Testament takes that path

Concordanceπᾶς · 1,242× in the New Testament
Acts Luke Matthew 1 Corinthians Romans Mark John Revelation Hebrews 2 Corinthians Ephesians Colossians

27 inflected forms — one of the commonest words in the New Testament. Full distribution →

Across the New Testament27 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
The company it keepswords that stand beside it more often than chance
Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Philo of Alexandria Josephus The Shepherd of Hermas Clement of Rome Ignatius of Antioch
Philo of AlexandriaOn the Creation of the World 10c. AD 40

καὶ γὰρ πατὴρ ἐκγόνων καὶ δημιουργὸς τῶν δημιουργηθέντων στοχάζεται τῆς διαμονῆς καὶ ὅσα μὲν ἐπιζήμια καὶ βλαβερὰ μηχανῇ πάσῃ διωθεῖται, τὰ δὲ ὅσα ὠφέλιμα καὶ λυσιτελῆ κατὰ πάντα τρόπον ἐκπορίζειν ἐπιποθεῖ·

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 1.argc. AD 75–95

ὡς οἱ Νώχου ἔγγονοι πᾶσαν τὴν οἰκουμένην ἐπῴκησαν.

The Epistle of BarnabasThe Epistle of Barnabas 2.4c. AD 100

πεφανέρωκεν γὰρ ἡμῖν διὰ πάντων τῶν προφητῶν, ὅτι οὕτε θυσιῶν οὔτε ὁλοκαυτωμάτων οὔτε προσφορῶν χρῄζει, λέγων ὅτε μέν:

In the everyday Greek (the secular world, not the church)letters, leases, receipts — nobody writing one is trying to sound biblical
2nd c. AD 3rd c. AD 6th c. AD 4th c. AD 1st c. AD
P.Stras. 2 89Pathyris100 BC

γῆ Σενπελαίας, βορρᾶ γῆ Πανᾶτος ἀπηλιώτου ποταμός, λιβὸς Ἀραμείους, ἢ οἳ ἂν ὦσι γείτονες πάντων πάντοθεν. ἐπρίατο Πετεαρσεμθεὺς Πανοβχούνιος ὡς ἐτῶν μ χαλκοῦ τάλαντα δύο . προπωλητὴς καὶ βεβαιωτὴς

P.Grenf. 2 35Pathyris99 BC

ἐτῶν λ χαλκοῦ δραχμῶν τρισχιλίων . προπωληταὶ καὶ βεβαιωταὶ τῶν κατὰ τὴν ὠνὴν ταύτην πάντων Νεχούτης καὶ ὁ σὺν αὐτῷ οἱ ἀποδόμενοι, ὃν ἐδέξατο Πακοῖβις ὁ πριάμενος. Ἑρμίας ὁ

BGU 3 1000Pathyris99 BC

χαλκοῦ δραχμὰς δισχιλίας καὶ διακοσίας . προπωλητὴς καὶ βεβαιωτὴς τῶν κατὰ τὴν ὠνὴν ταύτην πάντων Πανοβχοῦνις ὁ ἀποδόμενος, ὃν ἐδέξατο Εὔνους ὁ πριάμενος. Ἑρμίας ὁ παρὰ Πανίσκου κεχρημάτικα.

A woman in quietness should learn in all submissiveness;
ὑποταγῇ·hupotagē submissiveness; G5292 Noun · dative · singular · feminine
4× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
commoner in 1 Timothy than anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
Submission or subordination, as in 2 Corinthians 9:13 and 1 Timothy 2:11. This word is used to describe people putting themselves under someone else's authority, like submitting to God's will.
Amplified meaning
submission, putting oneself under authority
Tyndale gloss
submission
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Greek word ὑποταγή (*hypotagē*) means subjection or submission. It is derived from a root meaning to place under. This term appears in several New Testament passages, including 2 Corinthians 9:13 and Galatians 2:5, where it conveys the idea of obedience or subordination. The lexicons generally agree on its meanings, with no significant disagreement noted.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

** ὑπο-ταγή, -ῆς, ἡ

[in LXX: Wi 18:16 A * ;]

subjection: II Co 9:13, Ga 2:5. I Ti 2:11 3:4.†

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament from a scan

ὑποταγή, -ῆς, ἡ, 1. the act of subjecting (Dion. Hal.). 2. obedience, subjection: 2 Co. ix. 13 (on which see ὁμολογία, Ὁ.) ; Gal. ii. 5; 1 Tim. ii. 11; iii. 4.5

Moulton & Milligan, Vocabulary of the Greek Testament from a scan

ὑποταγή, “‘subjection” (2 Cor 913): BGU I. 967 (254 half iii/a.D.) where a certain Noumenius is described—as ἐν ὑποταγῇ [τ]υγχάνοντα. For ὑποταγή = servitus, see Vett. Val. p. 1068, ai.

Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

ὑποταγή (hupotagē) — submission.

ὑποτᾰγή, ἡ,

subordination, subjection, [NT+1st c.BC+]; ἐν ὑποταγῇ in a subordinate position, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]

2. post-position, ἐν ὑποταγῇ [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

3. copy, ψηφισμάτων.. καὶ ἐπιστολῆς [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

Strong's Greek Dictionary

ὑποταγή

hupotage

from 5293; subordination:--subjection.

see GREEK for 5293

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

ὑποταγή, ῆς, ἡ

n.f.

subjection, submission

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

ὑποταγή hypotagē 4x

subordination, 1 Tim. 3:4; submissiveness, obedience, 2 Cor. 9:13; Gal. 2:5; 1 Tim. 2:11*

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

ὑποταγή ὑποτα^γή, ἡ, subordination, subjection, submission, NTest.

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Noun-DSF — Noun · dative · singular · feminine
dative — to, for, with — the one it is done to or by.
Agrees with anything else marked singular feminine.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

N-DSF Part of Speech: Noun Case: Dative Number: Singular Gender: Feminine

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
50%submission
submission50% · 2×subjection25% · 1×submissiveness25% · 1×

4 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 3 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.

What it does in the sentencefrom the Nestle 1904 treebank
adverbial100%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 4 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.

The phrases it lives inwhat stands either side of it, across the New Testament
← what comes before
Article the
ἐπίεἴκωI give way, yiel
πᾶςall, the whole, ever
ἐν
ἐν
ἔχωI have, hold, po
ὑποταγήsubmissiveness;
what comes after →
Article the
ὁμολογίαa profession, co
ἵναin order that, so th
Article the
μετά
πᾶςall, the whole,

branches are dictionary forms, so endings do not split one phrase into five; the number on a branch is how many times the New Testament takes that path

Concordanceὑποταγή · 4× in the New Testament
1 Timothy 2 Corinthians Galatians
Across the New Testament3 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
The company it keepswords that stand beside it more often than chance
Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Clement of Rome Ignatius of Antioch The Shepherd of Hermas
Clement of RomeFirst Clement 37.5c. AD 96

λάβωμεν τὸ σῶμα ἡμῶν: ἡ κεφαλὴ δίχα τῶν ποδῶν οὐδέν ἐστιν, οὕτως οὐδὲ οἱ πόδες δίχα τῆς κεφαλῆς: τὰ δὲ ἐλάχιστα μέλη τοῦ σώματος ἡμῶν ἀναγκαῖα καὶ εὔχρηστά εἰσιν ὅλῳ τῷ σώμᾳτι: ἀλλὰ πάντα συνπνεῖ καὶ ὑποταγῇ μιᾷ χρῆται εἰς τὸ σώζεσθαι ὅλον τὸ σῶμα.

The Shepherd of HermasThe Shepherd of Hermas 17.5.1c. AD 140

Ὁ μὲν ἄνθρωπος, φημί, κύριε, πρόθυμός ἐστι τὰς ἐντολὰς τοῦ θεοῦ φυλάσσειν, καὶ οὐδείς ἐστιν ὁ μὴ αἰτούμενος παρὰ τοῦ κυρίου, ἵνα ἐνδυναμωθῇ ἐν ταῖς ἐντολαῖς αὐτοῦ καὶ ὑποταγῇ αὐταῖς: ἀλλ̓ ὁ διάβολος σκληρός ἐστι καὶ καταδυναστεύει αὐτῶν.

Ignatius of AntiochThe Letters of Ignatius 1.2.2c. AD 110

πρέπον οὗν ἐστὶν κατὰ πάντα τρόπον δοξάζειν Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν τὸν δοξάσαντα ὑμᾶς, ἵνα ἐν μιᾷ ὑποταγῇ κατηρτισμένοι, ὑποτασσόμενοι τῷ ἐπισκόπῳ καὶ τῷ πρεσβυτερίῳ, κατὰ πάντα ἦτε ἡγιασμένοι.

In the everyday Greek (the secular world, not the church)letters, leases, receipts — nobody writing one is trying to sound biblical
3rd c. AD 6th c. AD
BGU 1 96ArsinoitesAD 251–AD 300

γενομένην τῷ αὐτῷ ἑβδόμῳ ἔτει μηνὶ Φαρμοῦθι κ … … τον Νουμήνιον ὡς ἐν ὑποταγῇ τυγχάνοντα καὶ μαθόντων τὰ προσόντα αὐτῷ τῆς … καὶ τὴν εἰωθυεῖαν εἰκοστὴν

P.Lond. 5 1727SyeneAD 584

καὶ θάλποντες καὶ δουλεύοντες καὶ ὑπακούοντες καὶ ὑποτάττοντες ἁπλῶς ἐν μηδένι παρεπικρίνοντες ἀλλὰ ἐν ὑποταγῇ πάσῃ, τοίνυν εὐλαβούμενοι μήποτε παρὰ προσδοκίαν ἡμῶν τινα ἐξ ἡμῶν τέλει τοῦ βίου χρησάμενον

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