1 Corinthians 10:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀλλʼ οὐκ ἐν τοῖς πλείοσιν αὐτῶν εὐδόκησεν ὁ Θεός: κατεστρώθησαν γὰρ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ.

Transliteration

All' not with the pleiosin of them eudokēsen the Theos: katestrōthēsan gar in the erēmō

Grammar Details

*All'*: strong adversative particle - but/however
*pleiosin*: dative, masculine, plural, comparative - more/greater number
*eudokēsen*: aorist indicative, 3rd person singular - was pleased/took pleasure in
*Theos*: nominative, masculine, singular - God
*katestrōthēsan*: aorist passive, 3rd person plural - they were scattered/overthrown/cast down
*gar*: explanatory particle - for/because
*erēmō*: dative, feminine, singular - wilderness/desert

Word Meanings

*pleiosin*: most/majority/greater part
*eudokēsen*: was pleased with/took pleasure in/was favorable to
*katestrōthēsan*: were overthrown/scattered/fell dead/were strewn about
*erēmō*: wilderness/desert/desolate place

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Referenced Verses

Heb 3:17 : 17 But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?
Jude 1:5 : 5 I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.
Num 26:64-65 : 64 But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai. 65 For the LORD had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
Num 14:28-35 : 28 Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: 29 Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me, 30 Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. 31 But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised. 32 But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness. 33 And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness. 34 After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise. 35 I the LORD have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.
Num 14:37 : 37 Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the LORD.
Ps 106:26 : 26 Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:
Num 14:11-12 : 11 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them? 12 I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.
Deut 1:34-35 : 34 And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying, 35 Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers,
Deut 2:15-16 : 15 For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed. 16 So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,
Ps 78:32-34 : 32 For all this they sinned{H8804)} still, and believed{H8689)} not for his wondrous works{H8737)}. 33 Therefore their days did he consume{H8762)} in vanity, and their years in trouble. 34 When he slew{H8804)} them, then they sought{H8804)} him: and they returned{H8804)} and enquired early{H8765)} after God.
Ps 90:1 : 1 A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
Ps 90:7-8 : 7 For we are consumed{H8804)} by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled{H8738)}. 8 Thou hast set{H8804)} our iniquities before thee, our secret{H8803)} sins in the light of thy countenance.
Ps 95:11 : 11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Heb 3:16-18
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16For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.
17But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?
18And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?
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6Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
7Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
8Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
9Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
10Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
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3And did all eat the same spiritual meat;
4And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
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40How oft did they provoke{H8686)} him in the wilderness, and grieve{H8686)} him in the desert!
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14But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
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5I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.
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30They were not estranged{H8804)} from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,
31The wrath of God came{H8804)} upon them, and slew{H8799)} the fattest of them, and smote down{H8689)} the chosen men of Israel.
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16Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.
Deut 2:15
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15For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.
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22Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;
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17And they sinned{H8800)} yet more{H8686)} against him by provoking{H8687)} the most High in the wilderness.
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5And what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came into this place;
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29Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me,
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24Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:
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26Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:
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6For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
Heb 3:9-10
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9When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.
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32But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness.
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18And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness.
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Heb 11:38
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38(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
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14For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.
Ps 78:56
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56Yet they tempted{H8762)} and provoked{H8686)} the most high God, and kept{H8804)} not his testimonies:
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10But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel.
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Heb 12:20
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20(For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:
Num 20:11
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11And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also.
Num 32:9
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Jude 1:11
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11Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
Deut 1:27
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