1 Timothy 5:23

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Μηκέτι ὑδροπότει, ἀλλʼ οἴνῳ ὀλίγῳ χρῶ διὰ τὸν στόμαχον σοῦ καὶ τὰς πυκνάς σου ἀσθενείας.

Transliteration

Mēketi hydropoteri, all' oinō oligō chrō dia ton stomachon sou kai tas pyknas sou astheneias.

Grammar Details

• *Mēketi*: adverb - no longer
• *hydropoteri*: present active imperative, 2nd person singular - drink [only] water
• *all'*: contrastive conjunction - but
• *oinō*: dative, masculine, singular - wine
• *oligō*: dative, masculine, singular - little
• *chrō*: present middle imperative, 2nd person singular - use
• *dia*: preposition with accusative - because of/for
• *ton*: accusative, masculine, singular article - the
• *stomachon*: accusative, masculine, singular - stomach
• *sou*: genitive, 2nd person singular - your
• *kai*: conjunction - and
• *tas*: accusative, feminine, plural article - the
• *pyknas*: accusative, feminine, plural - frequent
• *astheneias*: accusative, feminine, plural - illnesses/weaknesses

Word Meanings

• *hydropoteri*: drink [only] water/be a water-drinker
• *oligō*: little/small amount
• *chrō*: use/take/consume
• *stomachon*: stomach/digestive system
• *pyknas*: frequent/recurrent/common
• *astheneias*: illnesses/weaknesses/ailments

Referenced Verses

• Ps 104:15 : 15 And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.
• 1 Tim 3:8 : 8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
• Titus 1:7 : 7 For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
• Titus 2:3 : 3 The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
• Prov 31:4-7 : 4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink: 5 Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted. 6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts. 7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
• Eph 5:18 : 18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
• 1 Tim 3:3 : 3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
• Ezek 44:21 : 21 Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.
• 1 Tim 4:4 : 4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
• Lev 10:9-9 : 9 Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations: 10 And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean; 11 And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.