1 Corinthians 10:6
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible

These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did.

Young's Literal Translation

and those things became types of us, for our not passionately desiring evil things, as also these did desire.

King James Bible

Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

Greek
These things
Ταῦτα (Tauta)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Neuter Plural
Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it.

took place
ἐγενήθησαν (egenēthēsan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 1096: A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.

as examples
τύποι (typoi)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 5179: From tupto; a die, i.e. a stamp or scar; by analogy, a shape, i.e. A statue, style or resemblance; specially, a sampler, i.e. A model or instance.

to keep
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

us
ἡμᾶς (hēmas)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Plural
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

from craving
ἐπιθυμητὰς (epithymētas)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 1938: An eager desirer of. From epithumeo; a craver.

evil things
κακῶν (kakōn)
Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's 2556: Bad, evil, in the widest sense. Apparently a primary word; worthless, i.e. depraved, or injurious.

as
καθὼς (kathōs)
Adverb
Strong's 2531: According to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as, as. From kata and hos; just as, that.

they
κἀκεῖνοι (kakeinoi)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 2548: And he, she, it, and that. From kai and ekeinos; likewise that.

[did].
ἐπεθύμησαν (epethymēsan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 1937: To long for, covet, lust after, set the heart upon. From epi and thumos; to set the heart upon, i.e. Long for.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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