Open English Translation (OET)

Koine Greek wordlink #137457

SR GNT 1 Tim 3:8 προσέχοντας (proseⱪontas) ‘not to wine much addicted not greedy’ Strongs=43370 Lemma=proseχō
Word role=verb mood=participle tense=present voice=active case=accusative gender=masculine number=plural
Year=65 AD Refers to Word #137449

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Only use of identical word form προσέχοντας (V-PPA·AMP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘προσέχοντας’ (V-PPA·AMP) is always and only glossed as ‘addicted’.

1 Tim 3:8 ‘not to wine much addicted not greedy’ SR GNT 1 Tim 3:8 word 9

OET-LV: 8 Servants likewise should _be dignified, not double-tongued, not addicted to_ much _wine, not greedy, (TI1_3:8)

OET-RV: 8 Similarly helpers in the assembly should also be dignified, should only speak the truth, shouldn’t be greedy or addicted to wine, (TI1 3:8)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘proseχō’ have 11 different glosses: ‘be giving_heed’, ‘be taking_heed’, ‘has served’, ‘to_be giving_heed’, ‘to_be taking_heed’, ‘were giving_heed’, ‘were taking_heed’, ‘they were giving_heed’, ‘addicted’, ‘giving_heed’, ‘taking_heed’.

Key: V=verb