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Oneτιςofἐξthem,αὐτῶνa prophetπροφήτηςof their own,ἴδιος αὐτῶνsaid,εἶπέν“CretansΚρῆτεςarealwaysἀεὶliars,ψεῦσταιevilκακὰbeasts,θηρίαlazyἀργαίgluttons.”γαστέρες
Titus 1:12
Study it in the app“One of them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.””
With the Greek beneath
Titus 1:12, word by word
- a prophetπροφήτηςprophētēs
prophet
Someone who speaks for God.
Where else “prophētēs” appears- of their ownἴδιοςidios
own
What belongs to someone; their people, their family.
Where else “idios” appears- saidεἶπένeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- “CretansΚρῆτεςKrētes
Cretan
Cretan: a person from the island of Crete.
Where else “Krētes” appears- alwaysἀεὶaei
always
Always, ever, continually.
Where else “aei” appears- liarsψεῦσταιpseustai
liar
Liar, someone who tells lies.
Where else “pseustai” appears- evilκακὰkaka
evil
What goes against God's will and harms others.
Where else “kaka” appears- beastsθηρίαthēria
wild animal
An animal of the wild that lives free and can be dangerous.
Where else “thēria” appears- lazyἀργαίargai
idle, useless
Idle, without work; useless, careless, good for nothing.
Where else “argai” appears- gluttonsγαστέρεςgasteres
glutton
The belly; also said of those who eat without limit.
Where else “gasteres” appears
Translation note
A line attributed to the Cretan poet Epimenides (sixth century BC); the text only says “one of them, a prophet of their own.”
The context
11who must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole households, teaching what they should not for the sake of dishonest gain.
12 · This verse (above)
13This testimony is true. For this reason rebuke them sharply, so that they may be sound in the faith,