Go
Articles on

1 Timothy 5

1 Tim. 5:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

+
9
Let
katalego (Greek #2639)
to lay down, i.e. (figuratively) to enrol
KJV usage: take into the number.
Pronounce: kat-al-eg'-o
Origin: from 2596 and 3004 (in its original meaning)
not
me (Greek #3361)
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas 3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
KJV usage: 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 3362, 3363, 3364, 3372, 3373, 3375, 3378.
Pronounce: may
Origin: a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas 3756 expresses an absolute denial)
a widow
chera (Greek #5503)
a widow (as lacking a husband), literally or figuratively
KJV usage: widow.
Pronounce: khay'-rah
Origin: feminine of a presumed derivative apparently from the base of 5490 through the idea of deficiency
be μtaken into the number
katalego (Greek #2639)
to lay down, i.e. (figuratively) to enrol
KJV usage: take into the number.
Pronounce: kat-al-eg'-o
Origin: from 2596 and 3004 (in its original meaning)
under
elasson (Greek #1640)
smaller (in size, quantity, age or quality)
KJV usage: less, under, worse, younger.
Pronounce: el-as'-sone
Origin: or ἐλάττων (el-at-tone') comparative of the same as 1646
threescore
hexekonta (Greek #1835)
sixty
KJV usage: sixty(-fold), threescore.
Pronounce: hex-ay'-kon-tah
Origin: the tenth multiple of 1803
years old
etos (Greek #2094)
a year
KJV usage: year.
Pronounce: et'-os
Origin: apparently a primary word
, having been
ginomai (Greek #1096)
to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
KJV usage: arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
Pronounce: ghin'-om-ahee
Origin: a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb
the wife
gune (Greek #1135)
a woman; specially, a wife
KJV usage: wife, woman.
Pronounce: goo-nay'
Origin: probably from the base of 1096
of one
heis (Greek #1520)
a primary numeral; one
KJV usage: a(-n, -ny, certain), + abundantly, man, one (another), only, other, some. See also 1527, 3367, 3391, 3762.
Pronounce: hice
Origin: (including the neuter (etc.) ἕν)
man
aner (Greek #435)
a man (properly as an individual male)
KJV usage: fellow, husband, man, sir.
Pronounce: an'-ayr
Origin: a primary word (compare 444)
,
μ
or, chosen.

More on:

+
Widow,
Wife,
Year

Cross References

+

Ministry on This Verse

+
a widow.
1 Tim. 5:3‑4• 3Honor widows that are widows indeed.
 4But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to show piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God. (1 Tim. 5:3‑4)
taken.
or, chosen.
under.
1 Tim. 5:11,14• 11But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;
 14I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully. (1 Tim. 5:11,14)
;
Luke 2:36‑37• 36And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;
 37And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day. (Luke 2:36‑37)
having.
1 Tim. 3:2,12• 2A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
 12Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. (1 Tim. 3:2,12)
;
1 Cor. 7:10‑11,39‑40• 10And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
 11But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
 39The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
 40But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God. (1 Cor. 7:10‑11,39‑40)
• There is therefore a certain gradation in those described: 1st., widows in general; 2nd., widows really; 3rd., widows on the list of the assembly's special recognition. (“On 1 Timothy 5:9-16” by W. Kelly)
• Then after describing a widow that is en- titled, not here to respect simply as in 5, nor yet to censure as in 6, but to be placed on the list of the assembly's support (as in ver. 9, 10) (“On 1 Timothy 5:9-16” by W. Kelly)
• Grace may indeed, on occasions, help the most abandoned. Here it is a question of suitability for inclusion in a list of those who receive regular assistance from the Lord's people. (“Warnings Against Worldliness and Instruction in Piety: 1 Timothy 5” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

+
9
Let a widow be put upon the list, being of not less than sixty years, having been wife of one man,

W. Kelly Translation

+
9
Let a widow be enrolled not more than sixty years old, wifea of one man,

WK Translation Notes

+
a
The modern German editors connect "gegonuia" (if she is) with the clause before, and not with what follows (vs. 10), but I am satisfied that they are wrong, and that our version is right, as it is in harmony with the sense here given.