1 Corinthians 10:8
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible

We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.

Young's Literal Translation

neither may we commit whoredom, as certain of them did commit whoredom, and there fell in one day twenty-three thousand;

King James Bible

Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

Greek
We should not commit sexual immorality,
πορνεύωμεν (porneuōmen)
Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Plural
Strong's 4203: To fornicate; met: I practice idolatry. From porne; to act the harlot, i.e. indulge unlawful lust, or practise idolatry.

as
καθώς (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.

some
τινες (tines)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 5100: Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.

of them
αὐτῶν (autōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

[did],
ἐπόρνευσαν (eporneusan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 4203: To fornicate; met: I practice idolatry. From porne; to act the harlot, i.e. indulge unlawful lust, or practise idolatry.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

in one
μιᾷ (mia)
Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1520: One. (including the neuter Hen); a primary numeral; one.

day
ἡμέρᾳ (hēmera)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 2250: A day, the period from sunrise to sunset.

twenty-three
εἰκοσι (eikosi)
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Plural
Strong's 1501: Twenty. Of uncertain affinity; a score.

thousand [of them]
χιλιάδες (chiliades)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural
Strong's 5505: A thousand, the number one thousand. From chilioi; one thousand.

died.
ἔπεσαν (epesan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 4098: A reduplicated and contracted form of peto; probably akin to petomai through the idea of alighting; to fall.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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