UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: adjc.

Inflections: ἀνεπίλημπτος; -ον

Related lemmas: λαμβάνω

Sense 1: above criticism, beyond reproach

Semantic entry: 33.415

Semantic domains: Communication

Subdomains: Criticize

Definition: pertaining to what cannot be criticized

Notes: It may be necessary in some languages to restructure ἀκατάγνωστος and ἀνεπίλημπτος as complete clauses, so that instead of ‘sound words which are above criticism’ in RV TIT 2:8 · LV TIT 2:8 · Read together TIT 2:8, one may translate ‘sound words which no one can criticize’ or ‘… against which no one can say anything.’ ‘Above reproach’ in RV TI1 6:14 · LV TI1 6:14 · Read together TI1 6:14 may be rendered as ‘in such a way that no one can criticize it.’

TI1 3:2: RV TI1 3:2 · LV TI1 3:2 · Read together TI1 3:2

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OET-RV TI1 3:2

2 So it’s fitting that an overseer be above reproach, be the husband of one wife, sober, sensible, respectable, hospitable, a good teacher,

OET-LV TI1 3:2

2 Therefore it _is _fitting the overseer to _be irreproachable, the_husband of _one wife, sober, sensible, respectable, hospitable, teaching,

TI1 5:7: RV TI1 5:7 · LV TI1 5:7 · Read together TI1 5:7

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OET-RV TI1 5:7

7 You should teach these things, Timotheos, so that the people don’t anger God,

OET-LV TI1 5:7

7 Also be _commanding these things, in _order _that they _may _be irreproachable.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

TI1: RV TI1 3:2 · RV TI1 5:7 · RV TI1 6:14 · LV TI1 3:2 · LV TI1 5:7 · LV TI1 6:14 · Read together TI1 3:2 · Read together TI1 5:7 · Read together TI1 6:14

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἀνεπίλημπτος

Form 1

Sense 1: above criticism, beyond reproach