1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians 10:7
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
Footnotes
- a 10:7 Or to play; Exodus 32:6|EXO 32:6
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| 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 |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
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
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.