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Be sober-minded; watch. Your adversary the devil prowls about as a roaring lion seeking whom to devour,

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Greek: Transliteration:
Be sober-minded; (literal: to be sober), to be calm (vigilant), circumspect. V-AMA-2P H3525 Νήψατε nēpsate
watch. (a) to be awake (in the night), watch, (b) to be watchful, on the alert, vigilant. V-AMA-2P H1127 γρηγορήσατε grēgorēsate
adversary An opponent (at law), an adversary. N-NMS H476 ἀντίδικος antidikos
devil (adj. used often as a noun), slanderous; with the article: the Slanderer (par excellence), the Devil. Adj-NMS H1228 διάβολος diabolos
prowls about To walk, hence Hebraistically (in an ethical sense): to conduct my life, live. V-PIA-3S H4043 περιπατεῖ peripatei
as As, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that. Adv H5613 ὡς ōs
a roaring To roar, howl, as a beast. V-PPM/P-NMS H5612 ὠρυόμενος ōruomenos
lion A lion. N-NMS H3023 λέων leōn
seeking To seek, search for, desire, require, demand. V-PPA-NMS H2212 ζητῶν zētōn
to devour, To drink down, swallow, devour, destroy, consume. V-ANA H2666 καταπιεῖν katapiein

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Berean Bible Be sober-minded; watch. Your adversary the devil prowls about as a roaring lion seeking whom to devour,
King James Bible Be sober-minded; watch. Your sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil prowls about devil, as a roaring lion lion, walketh about, seeking whom to devour,he may devour:
Hebrew Greek English Be sober-minded; watch. of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary adversary, the devil devil, prowls about as around like a roaring lion lion, seeking whom someone to devour,devour.
New American Standard Bible 1995 Be sober-minded; watch. of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary adversary, the devil devil, prowls about as around like a roaring lion lion, seeking whom someone to devour,devour.