Study it in the app“But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show godliness toward their own household and to make a return to their parents, for this is acceptable before God.”
Butδέifεἰanyτιςwidowχήραhasἔχειchildrenτέκναorἢgrandchildren,ἔκγοναlet them learnμανθανέτωσανfirstπρῶτονto show godlinessεὐσεβεῖνtoward their ownτὸν ἴδιονhouseholdοἶκονandκαὶto makeἀποδιδόναιa returnἀμοιβὰςto their parents,τοῖς προγόνοιςforγάρthisτοῦτοisἐστινacceptableἀπόδεκτονbeforeἐνώπιονGod.τοῦ θεοῦ
widow
Widow.
Where else “chēra” appearshave
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echei” appearschild
Someone born of parents, or of a family or people.
Where else “tekna” appearsgrandchild, descendant
Grandchild, descendant.
Where else “ekgona” appearslearn
To come to know or understand something by teaching or by experience.
Where else “manthanetōsan” appearsfirst
First, for the first time.
Where else “prōton” appearsshow devotion
To lovingly fulfill one's duty toward one's parents.
Where else “eusebein” appearsown
What belongs to someone; their people, their family.
Where else “idion” appearshousehold
The family, or a people descended from one man, like Israel.
Where else “oikon” appearsrepay
To settle what is owed, or reward each one as they deserve.
Where else “apodidonai” appearsreturn, repayment
Repayment: giving back in return for what one received.
Where else “amoibas” appearsparents
The family elders still living: those who raised one.
Where else “progonois” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appearsacceptable
Acceptable: worth receiving, pleasing.
Where else “apodekton” appearsbefore, in front of
In front of, in the presence of.
Where else “enōpion” appearsGod
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appears3Honor widows who are truly widows.
4 · This verse (above)
5But the one who is truly a widow and left all alone has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day,
