1 Timothy 2:12
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But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to use authority over the man: but to be in silence.

Context
Instructions to Women
11Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. 12But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to use authority over the man: but to be in silence. 13For Adam was first formed; then Eve.…
Cross References
1 Corinthians 14:34
Let women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted them to speak but to be subject, as also the law saith.

Titus 2:5
To be discreet, chaste, sober, having a care of the house, gentle, obedient to their husbands: that the word of God be not blasphemed.

Lexicon
I do not permit
ἐπιτρέπω (epitrepō)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2010: To turn to, commit, entrust; I allow, yield, permit. From epi and the base of trope; to turn over, i.e. Allow.

a woman
γυναικὶ (gynaiki)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1135: A woman, wife, my lady. Probably from the base of ginomai; a woman; specially, a wife.

to teach
διδάσκειν (didaskein)
Verb - Present Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 1321: To teach, direct, admonish. A prolonged form of a primary verb dao; to teach.

[or]
οὐδὲ (oude)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 3761: Neither, nor, not even, and not. From ou and de; not however, i.e. Neither, nor, not even.

exercise authority over
αὐθεντεῖν (authentein)
Verb - Present Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 831: To domineer, govern, have mastery over. From a compound of autos and an obsolete hentes; to act of oneself, i.e. dominate.

a man;
ἀνδρός (andros)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 435: A male human being; a man, husband. A primary word; a man.

she is to remain
εἶναι (einai)
Verb - Present Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

quiet.
ἡσυχίᾳ (hēsychia)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 2271: Quietness, stillness, silence. Feminine of hesuchios; stillness, i.e. Desistance from bustle or language.


Additional Translations
I do not permit a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man; she is to remain quiet.

But I do not permit a woman to teach, nor to use authority over a man, but to be in quietness.

But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness.

but I do not suffer a woman to teach nor to exercise authority over man, but to be in quietness;

But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness.

But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

I do not permit a woman to teach, nor have authority over a man, but she must remain silent.

But I don't permit a woman to teach, nor to exercise authority over a man, but to be in quietness.

and a woman I do not suffer to teach, nor to rule a husband, but to be in quietness,
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