1 Corinthians

1 Corinthians 10:7–8

⁷Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.”^a ⁸We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.

Footnotes

a 10:7 Or to play; Exodus 32:6|EXO 32:6

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1 Corinthians 10:7

English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Do not be	γίνεσθε	ginesthe	Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Plural	G1096 I come into being, am born
idolaters	εἰδωλολάτραι	eidōlolatrai	Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural	G1496 a worshipper of an image
as	καθώς	kathōs	Adverb	G2531 just as, as
some	τινες	tines	Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural	G5100 any one, some one
of them	αὐτῶν	autōn	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural	G846 he, she, it, they, them, same
As	ὥσπερ	hōsper	Adverb	G5618 just as, as
it is written	γέγραπται	gegraptai	Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular	G1125 I write
The	ὁ	ho	Article - Nominative Masculine Singular	G3588 the
people	λαὸς	laos	Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G2992 a people, the crowd
sat down	Ἐκάθισεν	Ekathisen	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G2523 I set, make to sit
to eat	φαγεῖν	phagein	Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active	G5315 I eat
and	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
drink	πεῖν	pein	Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active	G4095 I drink, imbibe
and	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
got up	ἀνέστησαν	anestēsan	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural	G450 I raise up, set up, rise from
to indulge in revelry	παίζειν	paizein	Verb - Present Infinitive Active	G3815 I play, sport

1 Corinthians 10:8

English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
We should not commit sexual immorality	πορνεύωμεν	porneuōmen	Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Plural	G4203 I fornicate, practice idolatry
as	καθώς	kathōs	Adverb	G2531 just as, as
some	τινες	tines	Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural	G5100 any one, some one
of them	αὐτῶν	autōn	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural	G846 he, she, it, they, them, same
and	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
in one	μιᾷ	mia	Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular	G1520 one
day	ἡμέρᾳ	hēmera	Noun - Dative Feminine Singular	G2250 a day
twenty-three	εἰκοσι	eikosi	Adjective - Nominative Feminine Plural	G1501 twenty
thousand	χιλιάδες	chiliades	Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural	G5505 a thousand
died	ἔπεσαν	epesan	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural	G4098 I fall, fall under

Cross-references

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1 Corinthians 10:7 Exodus 32:6–8 · Psalm 106:19–20 · 1 Corinthians 6:9 · Deuteronomy 9:12 · 1 Corinthians 10:14 · Deuteronomy 9:16–21 · 1 Corinthians 5:11 · 1 John 5:21 · Exodus 32:19 · Exodus 32:17 · Exodus 32:4

1 Corinthians 10:8 Numbers 25:1–9 · 1 Corinthians 6:18 · Psalm 106:29 · 1 Corinthians 6:9 · Revelation 2:14

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.