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Sexual immorality is actually reported among you, and sexual immorality such as is not even among the pagans, so as for one to have the wife of the father.

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Greek: Transliteration:
{is} actually Wholly, altogether, actually, really; with negative: not at all. Adv H3654 Ὅλως olōs
Analysis:

 
reported To hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported. V-PIM/P-3S H191 ἀκούεται akouetai
Sexual immorality Fornication, whoredom; idolatry. N-NFS H4202 πορνεία porneia
among In, on, among. Prep H1722 ἐν en
sexual immorality Fornication, whoredom; idolatry. N-NFS H4202 πορνεία porneia
such Of such a kind, such. DPro-NFS H5108 τοιαύτη toiautē
not even Neither, nor, not even, and not. Adv H3761 οὐδὲ oude
among In, on, among. Prep H1722 ἐν en
pagans, A race, people, nation; the nations, heathen world, Gentiles. N-DNP H1484 ἔθνεσιν ethnesin
one Any one, someone, a certain one or thing. IPro-AMS H5100 τινα tina
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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to have To have, hold, possess. V-PNA H2192 ἔχειν echein
father. Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. N-GMS H3962 πατρὸς patros
[the] wife A woman, wife, my lady. N-AFS H1135 γυναῖκα gunaika

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Berean Bible Sexual immorality is actually reported among you, and sexual immorality such as is not even among the pagans, so as for one to have the wife of the father.
King James Bible Sexual immorality It is actually reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and sexual immorality such fornication as is not even so much as named among the pagans, so as for Gentiles, that one to should have the wife of the father.his father's wife.
Hebrew Greek English Sexual immorality It is actually reported that there is immorality among you, and sexual immorality of such a kind as is does not exist even among the pagans, so as for one to have the wife of the father.Gentiles, that someone has his father's wife.
New American Standard Bible 1995 Sexual immorality It is actually reported that there is immorality among you, and sexual immorality of such a kind as is does not exist even among the pagans, so as for one to have the wife of the father.Gentiles, that someone has his father's wife.