The wifeἡ γυνὴdoes notοὐκhave authority overἐξουσιάζειher ownτοῦ ἰδίουbody,σώματοςbutἀλλὰthe husband does;ὁ ἀνήρandδὲlikewiseὁμοίωςalsoκαὶthe husbandὁ ἀνὴρdoes notοὐκhave authority overἐξουσιάζειhis ownτοῦ ἰδίουbody,σώματοςbutἀλλὰthe wife does.ἡ γυνή
1 Corinthians 7:4
Study it in the app“The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does; and likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.”
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With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 7:4, word by word
- The wifeγυνὴgynē
wife
A married woman, joined to her husband.
Where else “gynē” appears- have authority overἐξουσιάζειexousiazei
have authority over
Have authority over, exercise power over; in the passive, be mastered by something.
Where else “exousiazei” appears- her ownἰδίουidiou
own
What belongs to someone; their people, their family.
Where else “idiou” appears- bodyσώματοςsōmatos
body
The person in his physical part, living or dead.
Where else “sōmatos” appears- the husband doesἀνήρanēr
husband
The married man, his wife's partner.
Where else “anēr” appears- likewiseὁμοίωςhomoiōs
likewise
In the same way, likewise.
Where else “homoiōs” appears
The context
3Let the husband give to his wife what is due her, and likewise also the wife to her husband.
4 · This verse (above)
5Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and then be together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.