1 Timothy 5:9
Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,
KJV
Χήρα καταλεγέσθω μὴ ἔλαττον ἐτῶν ἑξήκοντα γεγονυῖα, ἑνὸς ἀνδρὸς γυνή,
Greek NT
Vidua eligatur non minus sexaginta annorum, quæ fuerit unius viri uxor,
Vulgate
Let none be enrolled as a widow under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,
ASV
Let a widow be chosen of no less than threescore years of age, who hath been the wife of one husband.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
γυνή
gune
noun · 219×
εἷς
eis
adjective · 336×
καταλέγω
katalego
verb · 1×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
χήρα
chera
noun · 26×
ἀνήρ
aner
noun · 216×
ἐλάσσων
elasson
adjective · 4×
ἑξήκοντα
exekonta
adjective · 8×
ἔτος
etos
noun · 49×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. The Power of Harmony in Relation to Prayer. Again I say unto you that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them. Matthew 18:19 The word symphony is strictly applied to the harmonies of sounds in music. And there are indeed among musical sounds some accordant and others discordant. But the Evangelic Scripture is fam…
Cross-references
- 1Tim 3:2 — A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
- 1Tim 3:2 — A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
- 1Tim 5:3 — Honour widows that are widows indeed.
- 1Tim 5:11 — But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;
- Luke 2:36 — And 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;
- Rom 16:1 — I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea:
- Ruth 1:12 — Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons;