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Aged women (πρεσβύτιδας)
N.T.o. See on πρεσβύτεραι, 1Ti 5:2.
Behavior (καταστήματι)
N.T.o. See on καταστολή apparel, 1Ti 2:9. It means, primarily, condition or state. Once in lxx, 3 Macc 5:45, κατάστημα μανιῶδες the maddened state into which the war-elephants were excited. Hence the state in which one habitually bears himself - his deportment or demeanor.
As becometh holiness (ἱεροπρεπεῖς)
N.T.o. lxx, 4 Macc. 9:25; 11:20. In the Theages (wrongly ascribed to Plato), τῷ υἱεῖ τὸ ὄνομα ἔθου καὶ ἱεροπρεπές you have given your son (Theages) an honorable and reverend name (122 D). It means beseeming a sacred place, person, or matter. Thus Athenaeus, vii, of one who had given a sacred banquet, says that the table was ornamented ἱεροπρεπέστατα in a manner most appropriate to the sacred circumstances. The meaning here is becoming those who are engaged in sacred service. This is the more striking if, as there is reason to believe, the πρεσβύτιδες represented a quasi-official position in the church. See on 1Ti 5:3, and comp. 1Ti 2:10; Eph 5:3.
False accusers (διαβόλους)
Better, slanderers. See on Mat 4:1, and see on 1Ti 3:6, 1Ti 3:11.
Given to much wine (οἴνῳ πολλῷ δεδουλωμένας)
More correctly, enslaved to much wine. The verb only here in Pastorals. Comp. 1Ti 3:8.
Teachers of good things (καλοδιδασκάλους)
N.T.o. olxx, oClass.