1 Timothy 3:5

Every Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

• Εἰif

  eiG1487 →508 times

• δέbut

  deG1161 →2765 times

• τιςone

  tisG5100 →528 times

• τοῦ<the>

  touG3588 →19766 times

• ἰδίουhis [own]

  idiouG2398 →114 times

• οἴκουhousehold

  oikouG3624 →112 times

• προστῆναιto manage

  prostenaiG4291 →8 times

• οὐκnot

  oukG3756 →1664 times

• οἶδεν,knows,

  oiden

• πῶςhow

  posG4459 →

• ἐκκλησίας[the] church

  ekklesiasG1577 →113 times

• θεοῦof God

  theouG2316 →1312 times

• ἐπιμελήσεται;will he care for?

  epimelesetaiG1959 →

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

• Through

  Acts 20:28

  Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.

  it leads to

  • 1 Peter 5:2–3

    Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but because it is God’s will; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;

  • 1 Timothy 4:16

    Pay close attention to your life and to your teaching. Persevere in these things, for by so doing you will save both yourself and those who hear you.

  • 1 Peter 1:18–19

    For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,

  • Isaiah 40:11

    He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.

  • 1 Timothy 3:2

    An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

• Through

  Ephesians 1:22

  And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,

  it leads to

  • Colossians 1:18

    And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.

  • Colossians 2:10

    And you have been made complete in Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.

  • 1 Corinthians 15:25–27

    For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.