1 Timothy 1:7
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or that which they so confidently assert.

Young's Literal Translation
willing to be teachers of law, not understanding either the things they say, nor concerning what they asseverate,

King James Bible
Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.

Greek
They want
θέλοντες (thelontes)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 2309: To will, wish, desire, be willing, intend, design.

to be
εἶναι (einai)
Verb - Present Infinitive Active
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

teachers of the Law,
νομοδιδάσκαλοι (nomodidaskaloi)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3547: A teacher and interpreter of the Mosaic Law. From nomos and didaskalos; an expounder of the law, i.e. A Rabbi.

[but] they do not understand
νοοῦντες (noountes)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3539: From nous; to exercise the mind, i.e. to comprehend, heed.

what
(ha)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that.

they are saying
λέγουσιν (legousin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

[or]
μήτε (mēte)
Conjunction
Strong's 3383: Nor, neither, not even, neither�nor. From me and te; not too, i.e. neither or nor; also, not even.

[that]
περὶ (peri)
Preposition
Strong's 4012: From the base of peran; properly, through, i.e. Around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time.

which
τίνων (tinōn)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.

they so confidently assert.
διαβεβαιοῦνται (diabebaiountai)
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 1226: To assert emphatically. Middle voice of a compound of dia and bebaioo; to confirm thoroughly, i.e. Asseverate.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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