2 Timothy 2:23

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But foolish and ignorant questionings refuse, knowing that they gender strifes.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Τὰς δὲ μωρὰς καὶ ἀπαιδεύτους ζητήσεις παραιτοῦ, εἰδὼς ὅτι γεννῶσι μάχας.

Transliteration

The de mōras kai apaideutous zētēseis paraitou, eidōs hoti gennōsi machas.

Grammar Details

*Tas*: definite article, accusative, feminine, plural - the
*de*: conjunction - but/and
*mōras*: accusative, feminine, plural, adjective - foolish
*kai*: conjunction - and
*apaideutous*: accusative, feminine, plural, adjective - ignorant
*zētēseis*: accusative, feminine, plural - controversies
*paraitou*: present, imperative, middle, 2nd singular - refuse
*eidōs*: perfect, participle, active, nominative, masculine, singular - knowing
*hoti*: conjunction - that
*gennōsi*: present, indicative, active, 3rd plural - they breed
*machas*: accusative, feminine, plural - quarrels

Word Meanings

*mōras*: foolish/stupid/senseless
*apaideutous*: ignorant/uninstructed/undisciplined
*zētēseis*: controversies/debates/disputes
*paraitou*: refuse/avoid/reject
*eidōs*: knowing/understanding/being aware
*gennōsi*: they breed/generate/produce
*machas*: quarrels/fights/conflicts

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Titus 3:9 : 9 but shun foolish questionings, and genealogies, and strifes, and fightings about law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
1 Tim 4:7 : 7 but refuse profane and old wives' fables. And exercise thyself unto godliness:
2 Tim 2:14 : 14 Of these things put them in remembrance, charging [them] in the sight of the Lord, that they strive not about words, to no profit, to the subverting of them that hear.
2 Tim 2:16 : 16 But shun profane babblings: for they will proceed further in ungodliness,
1 Tim 6:4-5 : 4 he is puffed up, knowing nothing, but doting about questionings and disputes of words, whereof {G1537} cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, 5 wranglings of men corrupted in mind and bereft of the truth, supposing that godliness is a way of gain.
1 Tim 1:4 : 4 neither to give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questionings, rather than a dispensation of God which is in faith; [so do I now].

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