Word study · Greek
noséō
be obsessed
Say it: nos-EH-o (approximate)
νοσέω
What it means
To be sick, to have an unhealthy craving. In 6:4, a person "obsessed with arguments" is literally "sick" with them. It appears only here and is the opposite of hygiainō, "be sound."
Range of meaning
- Be sickBe diseased.
- Be obsessedHave an unhealthy craving.
In 1 Timothy
- Chapter 6
"Obsessed with arguments" (6:4). The word means to be sick with something. It appears only here.
Every verse (1)
Verses where G3552 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources