1 Timothy 2:12 KJV

But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

Words Then and Now

  • suffer to allow; to permit (also to undergo) Still heard today: doesn’t suffer fools gladly, won’t put up with foolishness (from 2 Corinthians 11:19) Webster’s 1828 · Suffer

What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.

Matthew Henry

Cross References

  • 1 Corinthians 14:34 Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.

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Greek and Strong’s

  • But δὲ de δέ Conjunction
  • I suffer ἐπιτρέπω epitrepō ἐπιτρέπω Verb · present active indicative, first person singular
  • not οὐκ ouk οὐ Conjunction
  • a woman Γυναικὶ Gynaiki γυνή Noun · dative feminine singular
  • to teach διδάσκειν didaskein διδάσκω Verb · present active infinitive
  • nor οὐδὲ oude οὐδέ Conjunction
  • to usurp authority αὐθεντεῖν authentein αὐθεντέω Verb · present active infinitive
  • over the man ἀνδρός andros ἀνήρ Noun · genitive masculine singular
  • but ἀλλʼ all’ ἀλλά Conjunction
  • to be εἶναι einai Verb · present active infinitive εἶναι eînai
  • in ἐν en ἐν Preposition
  • silence ἡσυχίᾳ hēsychia ἡσυχία Noun · dative feminine singular

Greek: KJTR, Alan Bunning, CNTR · CC BY 4.0

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