Titus 3:9
and foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about law, stand away from — for they are unprofitable and vain.Ko e veesi ni 'i he māmani mo'oni
'I he ngaahi lea fē
- γενεαλογίαgenealogíatracing by generations, i.e. "genealogy"
- ἀνωφελήςanōphelḗsuseless or (neuter) inutility
- μάχηmáchēa battle, i.e. (figuratively) controversy
- περιΐστημιperiḯstēmito stand all around, i.e. (near) to be a bystander, or (aloof) to keep away from
- ζήτησιςzḗtēsisa searching (properly, the act), i.e. a dispute or its theme
- ἔριςérisa quarrel, i.e. (by implication) wrangling
- νομικόςnomikósaccording (or pertaining) to law, i.e. legal (ceremonially); as noun, an expert in the (Mo
- μωρόςmōrósdull or stupid (as if shut up), i.e. heedless, (morally) blockhead, (apparently) absurd
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