Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Having swerved (astoxhsantev). First aorist active participle of astoxew, compound Koin‚ verb (Polybius, Plutarch) from astoxov (a privative and stoxov, a mark), "having missed the mark." In N.T. only here, I Timothy 6:21; II Timothy 2:18. With the ablative case wn (which).
Have turned aside (ecetraphsan). Second aorist passive indicative of ektrepw, old and common verb, to turn or twist out or aside. In medical sense in Hebrews 12:13. As metaphor in I Timothy 1:6; I Timothy 6:20; II Timothy 4:4.
Vain talking (mataiologian). Late word from mataiologov, only here in N.T., in the literary Koin‚.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 1 Timothy 1:6:
1 Timothy 1:6
1 Timothy 5:15
1 Timothy 6:20
1 Timothy 6:21
2 Timothy 2:18
Titus 1:10
Hebrews 12:13
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