1 Corinthians 12:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οἴδατε ὅτι Ἔθνη ἦτε, πρὸς τὰ εἴδωλα τὰ ἄφωνα, ὡς ἂν ἤγεσθε ἀπαγόμενοι.

Transliteration

You oidate that Ethnē you ēte, pros the eidōla the aphōna, hōs an you were ēgesthe apagomenoi.

Grammar Details

*oidate*: perfect, indicative, active, 2nd person, plural - you know
*Ethnē*: nominative, neuter, plural - Gentiles/nations/pagans
*ēte*: imperfect, indicative, active, 2nd person, plural - you were
*pros*: preposition + accusative - toward/to
*eidōla*: accusative, neuter, plural - idols/images
*aphōna*: accusative, neuter, plural - voiceless/mute/dumb
*hōs*: adverb - as/like/when
*an*: particle - potential/contingent
*ēgesthe*: imperfect, indicative, passive, 2nd person, plural - you were led
*apagomenoi*: present, participle, passive, nominative, masculine, plural - being led away

Word Meanings

*Ethnē*: Gentiles/nations/pagans/non-Jews
*eidōla*: idols/images/false gods
*aphōna*: voiceless/mute/unable to speak
*ēgesthe apagomenoi*: being led away/carried away/taken away

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Referenced Verses

Ps 115:5 : 5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:
1 Thess 1:9 : 9 For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;
1 Pet 4:3 : 3 For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
Eph 2:11-12 : 11 Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; 12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
Hab 2:18-19 : 18 What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols? 19 Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.
1 Cor 6:11 : 11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
Jer 10:5 : 5 They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.
Eph 4:17-18 : 17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, 18 Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
Titus 3:3 : 3 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
1 Pet 1:18 : 18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
Gal 4:8 : 8 Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.
Matt 15:14 : 14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
Ps 115:7 : 7 They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.
Ps 135:16 : 16 They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not;
Isa 46:7 : 7 They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.

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