1 Timothy 5:9
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
A widow should be enrolled if she is at least sixty years old, the wife of one man,

Young's Literal Translation
A widow—let her not be enrolled under sixty years of age, having been a wife of one husband,

King James Bible
Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,

Greek
A widow
Χήρα (Chēra)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 5503: Feminine of a presumed derivative apparently from the base of chasma through the idea of deficiency; a widow, literally or figuratively.

should be enrolled
καταλεγέσθω (katalegesthō)
Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2639: To enter in a list, register, enroll. From kata and lego; to lay down, i.e. to enrol.

if she is
γεγονυῖα (gegonuia)
Verb - Perfect Participle Active - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1096: A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.

[at least]
ἔλαττον (elatton)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular - Comparative
Strong's 1640: Less, smaller; poorer, inferior. Or elatton el-at-tone'; comparative of the same as elachistos; smaller.

sixty
ἑξήκοντα (hexēkonta)
Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's 1835: Sixty. The tenth multiple of hex; sixty.

years [old],
ἐτῶν (etōn)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's 2094: A year. Apparently a primary word; a year.

[the] wife
γυνή (gynē)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1135: A woman, wife, my lady. Probably from the base of ginomai; a woman; specially, a wife.

of one
ἑνὸς (henos)
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 1520: One. (including the neuter Hen); a primary numeral; one.

man,
ἀνδρὸς (andros)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 435: A male human being; a man, husband. A primary word; a man.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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