Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [1 Timothy: Chapter 5].
5:12 {Condemnation} (\krima\). See 3:6. {They have rejected}
(\•thet•san\). First aorist passive of \athete•\, late verb
(first in LXX and Polybius), to reject, set aside (from
\athetos\). See 1Th 4:8; Ga 2:21. {Their first faith} (\t•n
pr•t•n pistin\). "Their first pledge" (promise, contract) to
Christ. It is like breaking the marriage contract. Evidently one
of the pledges on joining the order of widows was not to marry.
Parry suggests a kind of ordination as with deacons and bishops
(technical use of \krima\ and \pistis\).
5:13 {And withal} (\hama de kai\). See Phm 1:22 for this very
phrase, "and at the same time also." Such young enrolled widows
have other perils also. {They learn to be idle} (\argai
manthanousin\). There is no \einai\ (to be) in the Greek. This
very idiom without \einai\ after \manthan•\ occurs in Plato and
Dio Chrysostom, though unusual. \Argai\ (idle) is old adjective
(\a\ privative and \ergon\, without work). See Mt 20:3; Tit
1:12. {Going about} (\perierchomenai\). Present middle
participle of \perierchomai\, old compound verb. See Ac 19:13
of strollers. {From house to house} (\tas oikias\). Literally
"the houses," "wandering around the houses." Vivid picture of
idle tattlers and gossipers. {But tattlers also} (\alla kai
phluaroi\). Old word from \phlu•\ (to boil up, to throw up
bubbles, like blowing soap bubbles). Only here in N.T. \Phluare•\
in 3Jo 1:10 only in N.T. {And busybodies} (\kai periergoi\).
Old word (from \peri, ergon\), busy about trifles to the neglect
of important matters. In N.T. only here and Ac 19:19. See 2Th
3:11 for \periergazomai\. {Things which they ought not} (\ta m•
deonta\). "The not necessary things," and, as a result, often
harmful. See Tit 1:11 \ha m• dei\ (which things are not
necessary).
5:14 {I desire} (\boulomai\). See 2:8. {The younger widows}
(\ne•teras\). No article and no word for widows, though that is
clearly the idea. \Ne•teras\ is accusative of general reference
with \gamein\ (to marry) the object (present infinitive active)
of \boulomai\. {Bear children} (\teknogonein\). A compound verb
here only in N.T. and nowhere else save in Anthol. See
\teknogonia\ in 2:15. {Rule the household} (\oikodespotein\).
Late verb from \oikodespot•s\ (Mr 14:14), twice in the papyri,
only here in N.T. Note that the wife is here put as ruler of the
household, proper recognition of her influence, "new and improved
position" (Liddon) . {Occasion} (\aphorm•n\). Old word (\apo,
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