1 Timothy 5:9

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Χήρα καταλεγέσθω μὴ ἔλαττον ἐτῶν ἑξήκοντα γεγονυῖα,plugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigγίνομαι

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Meaning

* To Become * To Come into being * Generate * To Happen * Brought to pass

Verb.

Different from εἰμί (which means “to be” - a state of existence); γίνομαι, instead, emphasizes coming to be - a transition or event.John 1:14John 1:3Matthew 6:10
ἑνὸςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἷς

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Meaning:

* One * First * One thing * Alone * Individual * One ma * Someone

εἷς is the cardinal number (“one”). Sometimes it functions as a indefinitely pronoun (“someone” or “a certain one”). It agrees in gender, number and case with the noun it modifies. Occurs a little under 350 times in the New Testament.Matthew 8:19John 10:30
ἀνδρὸς γυνή,
ESV
Let a widow be enrolled if she is not less than sixty years of age, having been the wife of one husband,
NIV
No widow may be put on the list of widows unless she is over sixty, has been faithful to her husband,
NLT
A widow who is put on the list for support must be a woman who is at least sixty years old and was faithful to her husband.
KJV
Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,

1 Timothy 5:8 ← 1 Timothy 5:9 → 1 Timothy 5:10

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