2 Timothy 4:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside unto fables.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἀπὸ μὲν τῆς ἀληθείας τὴν ἀκοὴν ἀποστρέψουσιν, ἐπὶ δὲ τοὺς μύθους ἐκτραπήσονται.

Transliteration

And apo men the alētheias the akoēn apostrepsousin, epi de the mythous ektrapēsontai.

Grammar Details

*apo*: preposition + genitive - from/away from
*men*: particle, correlative with de - on the one hand (marks contrast)
*alētheias*: noun, genitive feminine singular - of truth
*akoēn*: noun, accusative feminine singular - hearing/ear
*apostrepsousin*: future indicative active, 3rd person plural - will turn away
*epi*: preposition + accusative - to/toward/upon
*de*: particle, correlative with men - but/on the other hand
*mythous*: noun, accusative masculine plural - myths/fables/tales
*ektrapēsontai*: future indicative passive, 3rd person plural - will be turned aside/diverted

Word Meanings

*alētheias*: truth/reality
*akoēn*: hearing/ear/faculty of hearing
*apostrepsousin*: will turn away/reject/avert
*mythous*: myths/fables/fictional tales
*ektrapēsontai*: will be turned aside/diverted/led astray

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

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].
1 Tim 4:7 : 7 but refuse profane and old wives' fables. And exercise thyself unto godliness:
Zech 7:11 : 11 But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.
Acts 7:57 : 57 But they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed upon him with one accord;
Titus 1:14 : 14 not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.
2 Pet 1:16 : 16 For we did not follow cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
Prov 1:32 : 32 For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.
1 Tim 6:20 : 20 O Timothy, guard that which is committed unto [thee], turning away from the profane babblings and oppositions of the knowledge which is falsely so called;
2 Tim 1:15 : 15 This thou knowest, that all that are in Asia turned away from me; of whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.
Heb 13:25 : 25 Grace be with you all. Amen.

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