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anepílēmptos

without reproach

Say it: an-ep-IL-aymp-tos (approximate)

ἀνεπίληπτος

What it means

Not open to attack, above reproach (a- "not" plus epilambanō "to seize"). In 3:2, the overseer; in 5:7, widows; in 6:14, Timothy is to keep the commandment "without spot, blameless."

Range of meaning

  • IrreproachableNothing to seize on.
  • BlamelessFree of accusation.

In 1 Timothy

  • Chapter 3

    "Without reproach" (3:2; 5:7; 6:14).

  • Chapter 5

    "That they may be without reproach" (5:7).

Every verse (3)

Verses where G0423 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources