1 Timothy 6:10

Geneva Bible (1560)

For the desire of money is the roote of all euill, which while some lusted after, they erred from the faith, and pearced themselues through with many sorowes.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ῥίζα γὰρ πάντων τῶν κακῶν ἐστιν ἡ φιλαργυρία: ἧς τινες ὀρεγόμενοι, ἀπεπλανήθησαν ἀπὸ τῆς πίστεως, καὶ ἑαυτοὺς περιέπειραν ὀδύναις πολλαῖς.

Transliteration

Riza gar pantōn tōn kakōn estin the philargyria: of which some oregomenoi, apeplanēthēsan from the pisteōs, and heautous periepēiran odynais pollais.

Grammar Details

• *Riza*: nominative, feminine, singular - root
• *gar*: conjunction, explanatory - for
• *pantōn tōn kakōn*: genitive, neuter, plural with article - of all the evils
• *estin*: present indicative, 3rd person singular - is
• *hē philargyria*: nominative, feminine, singular with article - the love of money
• *hēs*: relative pronoun, genitive, feminine, singular - of which
• *tines*: indefinite pronoun, nominative, masculine, plural - some
• *oregomenoi*: present participle, nominative, masculine, plural, middle - reaching after/craving
• *apeplanēthēsan*: aorist indicative, 3rd person plural, passive - were led astray/wandered away
• *apo*: preposition - from
• *tēs pisteōs*: genitive, feminine, singular with article - the faith
• *kai*: conjunction - and
• *heautous*: reflexive pronoun, accusative, masculine, plural - themselves
• *periepēiran*: aorist indicative, 3rd person plural, active - pierced through/impaled
• *odynais*: dative, feminine, plural - with pains/sorrows
• *pollais*: dative, feminine, plural - many

Word Meanings

• *Riza*: root/source/origin
• *kakōn*: evils/bad things/troubles
• *philargyria*: love of money/greed/avarice
• *oregomenoi*: reaching after/craving/yearning for/coveting
• *apeplanēthēsan*: were led astray/wandered away/deceived
• *pisteōs*: faith/belief/trust/faithfulness
• *periepēiran*: pierced through/impaled/transfixed
• *odynais*: pains/sorrows/griefs/torments

Referenced Verses

• Mic 3:11 : 11 The heads thereof iudge for rewardes, and the Priestes thereof teache for hyre, and the prophets thereof prophecie for money: yet wil they leane vpon the Lorde, and say, Is not the Lorde among vs? no euill can come vpon vs.
• Isa 56:11 : 11 And these griedy dogs can neuer haue ynough: and these shepheards cannot vnderstand: for they all looke to their owne way, euery one for his aduantage, and for his owne purpose.
• Jas 5:19 : 19 Brethren, if any of you hath erred from the trueth, and some man hath conuerted him,
• Deut 16:19 : 19 Wrest not thou ye Law, nor respect any person, neither take rewarde: for the reward blindeth ye eyes of the wise, & peruerteth ye worde of ye iust.
• Ps 32:10 : 10 Many sorowes shall come to the wicked: but he, that trusteth in the Lorde, mercie shall compasse him.
• Prov 1:19 : 19 Such are the wayes of euery one that is greedy of gaine: he would take away the life of the owners thereof.
• Prov 1:31 : 31 Therefore shal they eate of ye fruite of their owne way, and be filled with their owne deuises.
• Isa 1:23 : 23 Thy Princes are rebellious and companions of theeues: euery one loueth giftes, and followeth after rewards: they iudge not the fatherlesse, neither doeth the widowes cause come before them.
• Gen 29:31-35 : 31 When the Lord saw that Leah was despised, he made her fruitful: but Rahel was barren. 32 And Leah conceiued & bare a sonne, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Because the Lord hath looked vpon my tribulation, now therefore mine husband will loue me. 33 And she conceiued againe & bare a sonne, and sayde, Because the Lord heard that I was hated, he hath therefore giuen me this sonne also, & she called his name Simeon. 34 And she conceiued againe & bare a sonne, and said, Now at this time wil my husband keepe mee company, because I haue borne him three sonnes: therefore was his name called Leui. 35 Moreouer shee conceiued againe and bare a sonne, saying, Nowe will I prayse the Lorde: therefore shee called his name Iudah, and left bearing.
• Gen 34:23-24 : 23 Shall not their flockes and their substance and all their cattell be ours? onely let vs consent herein vnto them, and they will dwell with vs. 24 And vnto Hamor, and Shechem his sonne hearkened all that went out of the gate of his citie: and all the men children were circumcised, euen all that went out of the gate of his citie.
• Gen 38:16 : 16 And he turned to the way towardes her, and saide, Come, I pray thee, let me lie with thee. (for he knewe not that she was his daughter in lawe) And she answered, What wilt thou giue me for to lie with me?
• Exod 23:7-8 : 7 Thou shalt keepe thee farre fro a false matter, and shalt not slaye the innocent and the righteous: for I will not iustifie a wicked man. 8 Thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and peruerteth the wordes of the righteous.
• Deut 23:4-5 : 4 Because they met you not with bread & water in the way, when yee came out of Egypt, and because they hyred against thee Balaam the sonne of Beor, of Pethor in Aram-naharaim, to curse thee. 5 Neuerthelesse, the Lorde thy God would not hearken vnto Balaam, but the Lord thy God turned the curse to a blessing vnto thee, because the Lord thy God loued thee.
• Deut 23:18 : 18 Thou shalt neyther bring the hyre of a whore, nor the price of a dogge into the house of the Lord thy God for any vow: for euen both these are abomination vnto the Lord thy God.
• Judg 17:10-11 : 10 Then Michah said vnto him, Dwell with me, and be vnto me a father and a Priest, and I will giue thee ten shekels of siluer by yeere, and a sute of apparell, and thy meate and drinke. So the Leuite went in. 11 And the Leuite was content to dwel with the man, and the yong man was vnto him as one of his owne sonnes.
• Judg 18:19-20 : 19 And they answered him, Holde thy peace: lay thine hande vpon thy mouth, and come with vs to be our father and Priest. Whether is it better that thou shouldest be a Priest vnto ye house of one man, or that thou shouldest be a Priest vnto a tribe and to a familie in Israel? 20 And the Priestes heart was glad, and hee tooke the Ephod and the Teraphim, and the grauen image, and went among the people.
• Judg 18:29-31 : 29 And called the name of the citie Dan, after the name of Dan their father which was borne vnto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the beginning. 30 Then the children of Dan set them vp the grauen image: and Ionathan the sonne of Gershom, the sonne of Manasseh and his sonnes were the Priestes in the tribe of the Danites vntil the day of the captiuitie of the lande. 31 So they set them vp the grauen image, which Michah had made, all the while the house of God was in Shiloh.
• 2 Sam 4:10-11 : 10 When one tolde me, and sayde that Saul was dead, (thinking to haue brought good tydings) I tooke him and slewe him in Ziklag, who thought that I woulde haue giuen him a rewarde for his tidings: 11 How much more, when wicked men haue slaine a righteous person in his owne house, and vpon his bed? shal I not now therfore require his blood at your hand, and take you from the earth?
• 2 Kgs 5:27 : 27 The leprosie therefore of Naaman shall cleaue vnto thee, and to thy seede for euer; he went out from his presence a leper white as snowe.
• 2 Pet 2:7-8 : 7 And deliuered iust Loth vexed with the vncleanly conuersation of the wicked: 8 (For he being righteous, and dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soule from day to day with their vnlawfull deedes.)
• Jude 1:11 : 11 Wo be vnto them: for they haue followed the way of Cain, and are cast away by the deceit of Balaams wages, and perish in the gainsaying of Core.
• Jer 5:27-28 : 27 As a cage is full of birdes, so are their houses full of deceite: thereby they are become great and waxen riche. 28 They are waxen fat and shining: they doe ouerpasse the deedes of the wicked: they execute no iudgement, no not the iudgement of the fatherlesse: yet they prosper, though they execute no iudgement for the poore.
• Ezek 13:19 : 19 And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barly, and for pieces of bread to slay the soules of them that shoulde not dye, and to giue life to the soules that should not liue in lying to my people, that heare your lies?
• Ezek 16:33 : 33 They giue giftes to all other whores, but thou giuest giftes vnto all thy louers, and rewardest them, that they may come vnto thee on euery side for thy fornication.
• Ezek 22:12 : 12 In thee haue they taken giftes to shed blood: thou hast taken vsurie and the encrease, and thou hast defrauded thy neighbours by extortion, & hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God.
• Mic 7:3-4 : 3 To make good for the euil of their hands, the prince asked, and the iudge iudgeth for a reward: therefore the great man he speaketh out the corruption of his soule: so they wrapt it vp. 4 The best of them is as a brier, and the most righteous of them is sharper then a thorne hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation commeth: then shalbe their confusion.
• Mal 1:10 : 10 Who is there euen among you, that would shut the doores? and kindle not fire on mine altar in vaine, I haue no pleasure in you, sayeth the Lorde of hostes, neither will I accept an offering at your hande.
• Matt 23:13 : 13 Wo therefore be vnto you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites, because ye shut vp the kingdome of heauen before men: for ye your selues go not in, neither suffer ye them that would enter, to come in.
• Acts 1:16-19 : 16 Yee men & brethren, this scripture must needes haue beene fulfilled, which the holy Ghost by the mouth of Dauid spake before of Iudas, which was guide to them that tooke Iesus. 17 For hee was nombred with vs, and had obteined felowship in this ministration. 18 He therefore hath purchased a field with the reward of iniquitie: and when he had throwen downe himselfe headlong, hee brast asunder in the middes, and all his bowels gushed out. 19 And it is knowen vnto all the inhabitants of Hierusalem, in so much, that that field is called in their owne language, Aceldama, That is, the field of blood.
• 1 Tim 3:3 : 3 Not giuen to wine, no striker, not giuen to filthy lucre, but gentle, no fighter, not couetous,
• 1 Tim 6:9 : 9 For they that will be rich, fall into tentation and snares, and into many foolish and noysome lustes, which drowne men in perdition and destruction.
• 1 Tim 6:21 : 21 Which while some professe, they haue erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee, Amen. The first Epistle to Timotheus, written from Laodicea, which is the chiefest citie of Phrygia Pacaciana.
• 2 Tim 4:10 : 10 For Demas hath forsaken me, and hath embraced this present world, & is departed vnto Thessalonica. Crescens is gone to Galatia, Titus vnto Dalmatia.
• Titus 1:11 : 11 Whose mouthes must bee stopped, which subuert whole houses, teaching things, which they ought not, for filthie lucres sake.
• Rev 18:13 : 13 And of cinamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oyle, and fine floure, and wheate, and beastes, and sheepe, and horses, and charets, and seruants, and soules of men.
• Gen 29:14 : 14 To whome Laban sayd, Well, thou art my bone and my flesh; he abode with him the space of a moneth.
• Gen 29:26 : 26 And Laban answered, It is not the maner of this place, to giue the yonger before the elder.
• Rev 2:14-15 : 14 But I haue a fewe things against thee, because thou hast there them that maintaine the doctrine of Balaam, which taught Balac to put a stumbling blocke before ye children of Israel, that they should eate of things sacrificed vnto Idoles, and commit fornication. 15 Euen so hast thou them, that maintaine the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes, which thing I hate.