“But” | ἀλλὰ | Properly, other things, i.e., (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations) | But |
“God hath” | θεὸς | A deity, especially (with G3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by Hebraism) | God |
“chosen” | ἐξελέξατο | To select | chosen |
“the” | τὰ | The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) | the |
“foolish things” | μωρὰ | Dull or stupid (as if shut up), i.e., heedless, (morally) blockhead, (apparently) absurd | foolish things |
“of” | κόσμου | Orderly arrangement, i.e., decoration; by implication, the world (including its inhabitants, literally or figuratively (morally)) | of |
“the” | τοῦ | The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) | the |
“world” | κόσμου | Orderly arrangement, i.e., decoration; by implication, the world (including its inhabitants, literally or figuratively (morally)) | world |
“to” | ἵνα | In order that (denoting the purpose or the result) | to |
“confound” | καταισχύνῃ | To shame down, i.e., disgrace or (by implication) put to the blush | confound |
“the” | τοὺς | The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) | the |
“wise;” | σοφούς | Wise (in a most general application) | wise |
“and” | καὶ | And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words | and |
“God hath” | θεὸς | A deity, especially (with G3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by Hebraism) | God |
“chosen” | ἐξελέξατο | To select | chosen |
“the” | τὰ | The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) | the |
“weak things” | ἀσθενῆ | Strengthless (in various applications, literal, figurative and moral) | weak things |
“of” | κόσμου | Orderly arrangement, i.e., decoration; by implication, the world (including its inhabitants, literally or figuratively (morally)) | of |
“the” | τοῦ | The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) | the |
“world” | κόσμου | Orderly arrangement, i.e., decoration; by implication, the world (including its inhabitants, literally or figuratively (morally)) | world |
“to” | ἵνα | In order that (denoting the purpose or the result) | to |
“confound” | καταισχύνῃ | To shame down, i.e., disgrace or (by implication) put to the blush | confound |
“the things” | τὰ | The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) | things |
“which are mighty;” | ἰσχυρά | Forcible (literally or figuratively) | are mighty |