KJV: For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:
YLT: for there are many both insubordinate, vain-talkers, and mind-deceivers -- especially they of the circumcision --
Darby: For there are many and disorderly vain speakers and deceivers of people's minds, specially those of the circumcision,
ASV: For there are many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision,
Εἰσὶν | There are |
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural Root: εἰμί Sense: to be, to exist, to happen, to be present. |
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πολλοὶ | many |
Parse: Adjective, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: πολύς Sense: many, much, large. |
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‹καὶ› | also |
Parse: Conjunction Root: καί Sense: and, also, even, indeed, but. |
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ἀνυπότακτοι | insubordinate |
Parse: Adjective, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: ἀνυπότακτος Sense: not made subject, unsubjected. |
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ματαιολόγοι | empty talkers |
Parse: Adjective, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: ματαιολόγος Sense: an idle talker, one who utters empty senseless things. |
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φρεναπάται | deceivers |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: φρεναπάτης Sense: a mind deceiver, a seducer. |
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μάλιστα | especially |
Parse: Adverb Root: μάλιστα Sense: especially, chiefly, most of all, above all. |
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οἱ | those |
Parse: Article, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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περιτομῆς | circumcision |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Feminine Singular Root: περιτομή Sense: circumcised. |
Greek Commentary for Titus 1:10
Late and rare compound, empty talkers, in Vett. Val. and here. See note on 1 Timothy 1:6 for ματαιολογια mataiologia [source]
Late and rare compound, in papyri, eccl. writers, here alone in N.T. “Mind-deceivers.” See note on Galatians 6:3 for πρεναπαταιν phrenapatāin Specially they of the circumcision (μαλιστα οι εκ της περιτομης malista hoi ek tēs peritomēs). Same phrase in Acts 11:2; Galatians 2:12; Colossians 4:11. Jews are mentioned in Crete in Acts 2:11. Apparently Jewish Christians of the Pharisaic type tinged with Gnosticism. [source]
Same phrase in Acts 11:2; Galatians 2:12; Colossians 4:11. Jews are mentioned in Crete in Acts 2:11. Apparently Jewish Christians of the Pharisaic type tinged with Gnosticism. [source]
N.T.oolxx, oClass. See on vain jangling, 1 Timothy 1:6. [source]
N.T.oolxx, oClass. See on φρεναπατᾶν todeceive, Galatians 6:3. [source]
The phrase only here in Pastorals. Ὁι ἐκ περιτομῆς Acts 10:45; Acts 11:2; Romans 4:12; Galatians 2:12; Colossians 4:11. There can be no doubt of the presence of Jews in Crete. Tacitus (Hist. v. 2) even makes the absurd statement that the Jews were Cretan exiles; and that from their residence in the vicinity of the Cretan Mount Ida they were called Idaei, whence Judaei. There appears to have been some confusion between the Palestinians and the Philistines - the Cherethim or Cherethites, who, in Ezekiel 25:16; Zephaniah 2:5are called in lxx Κρῆτες Jews were in the island in considerable numbers between the death of Alexander and the final destruction of Jerusalem. In 1 Maccabees 15:23 the Cretan city of Gortyna is mentioned among the places to which letters were written by Lucius, the Roman consul, on behalf of the Jews when Simon Maccabaeus renewed the treaty which his brother Judas had made with Rome. Josephus (Ant. 17:12,1; Bell. Jud. 2:7,1) says that Herod's pseudo-son Alexander imposed on the Cretan Jews on his way to Italy. Philo (Leg. ad Cai. § 36) makes the Jewish envoys say to Caligula that all the principal islands of the Mediterranean, including Crete, were full of Jews. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Titus 1:10
N.T.oolxx, oClass. See the noun φεναπάτης deceiver Titus 1:10. Denoting subjective deception; deception of the judgment. The simple ἀπατᾶν to deceive, Ephesians 5:6; 1 Timothy 2:14; James 1:26, and often in lxx. Lightfoot thinks the compound verb may possibly have been coined by Paul. [source]
Dative (like all these words) of the late verbal In N.T. only here, Titus 1:6, Titus 1:10; Hebrews 2:8. Ungodly (ασεβεσι asebesi). See Romans 4:5; Romans 5:6. Sinners See Romans 3:7. Unholy (ανοσιοις anosiois). Common word (α a privative and οσιος hosios In N.T. only here and 2 Timothy 3:2. Profane Old word from βαινω bainō to go, and βηλος bēlos threshold. See Hebrews 12:16. Murderers of fathers (πατρολωιαις patrolōiais). Late form for common Attic πατραλωιαις patralōiais (from πατηρ patēr father, and αλοιαω aloiaō to smite) only here in N.T. Murderers of mothers Late form Attic μητραλωιαις mētralōiais Only here in N.T. Manslayers (ανδραπονοις andraphonois). Old compound (ανηρ anēr man, πονος phonos murder). Only here in N.T. [source]
Added to what is in 1 Timothy 3:4. “Believing children.” Not accused of riot (μη εν κατηγοριαι ασωτιας mē en katēgoriāi asōtias). See note on 1 Timothy 5:19 for κατηγορια katēgoria and Ephesians 5:18 for ασωτια asōtia “Not in accusation of profligacy.” Unruly See note on 1 Timothy 1:9. Public disorder, out of doors. See also Titus 1:10. [source]
See note on 1 Timothy 1:9. Public disorder, out of doors. See also Titus 1:10. [source]
Ἁυτῶν refers to the gainsayers, Titus 1:9, Titus 1:10. Τις refers to Epimenides, contemporary with Solon, and born in Crete b.c. 659. A legend relates that, going by his father's order in search of a sheep, he lay down in a cave, where he fell asleep and slept for fifty years. He then appeared with long hair and a flowing beard, and with an astonishing knowledge of medicine and natural history. It was said that he had the power of sending his soul out of his body and recalling it at pleasure, and that he had familiar intercourse with the gods and possessed the power of prophecy. He was sent for to Athens at the request of the inhabitants, in order to pave the way for the legislation of Solon by purifications and propitiatory sacrifices, intended to allay the feuds and party discussions which prevailed in the city. In return for his services he refused the Athenians' offers of wealth and public honors, and asked only a branch of the sacred olive, and a decree of perpetual friendship between Athens and his native city. He is said to have lived to the age of 157 years, and divine honors were paid him by the Cretans after his death. He composed a Theogony, and poems concerning religious mysteries. He wrote also a poem on the Argonautic Expedition, and other works. Jerome mentions his treatise On Oracles and Responses, from which the quotation in this verse is supposed to have been taken. According to Diogenes Laertius (i. 10) Epimenides, in order to remove a pestilence from Athens, turned some sheep loose at the Areopagus, and wherever they lay down sacrificed to the proper God: whence, he says, there are still to be found, in different demes of the Athenians, anonymous altars. Comp. Acts 17:22, Acts 17:23. [source]
See on 1 Timothy 6:14. Comp. Colossians 2:22. Prescriptions concerning abstinence from meats, marriage, etc. The men are probably those of the circumcision, Titus 1:10. What they teach theoretically, by means of the myths, they bring to bear practically, by means of their precepts. [source]