1 Peter 5:8
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Berean Study Bible

Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

Young's Literal Translation

Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,

King James Bible

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

Greek
Be sober-minded
Νήψατε (Nēpsate)
Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 3525: (lit: I am sober), I am calm (vigilant), circumspect. Of uncertain affinity: to abstain from wine, i.e. be discreet.

[and] alert.
γρηγορήσατε (grēgorēsate)
Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 1127: (a) I am awake (in the night), watch, (b) I am watchful, on the alert, vigilant. From egeiro; to keep awake, i.e. Watch.

Your
ὑμῶν (hymōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

adversary
ἀντίδικος (antidikos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 476: An opponent (at law), an adversary. From anti and dike; an opponent; specially, Satan.

the
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

devil
διάβολος (diabolos)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 1228: From diaballo; a traducer; specially, Satan.

prowls around
περιπατεῖ (peripatei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 4043: From peri and pateo; to tread all around, i.e. Walk at large; figuratively, to live, deport oneself, follow.

like
ὡς (hōs)
Adverb
Strong's 5613: Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.

a roaring
ὠρυόμενος (ōryomenos)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5612: To roar, howl, as a beast. Middle voice of an apparently primary verb; to 'roar'.

lion,
λέων (leōn)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3023: A lion. A primary word; a 'lion'.

seeking
ζητῶν (zētōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2212: To seek, search for, desire, require, demand. Of uncertain affinity; to seek; specially, to worship, or to plot.

[someone]
τινα (tina)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.

to devour.
καταπιεῖν (katapiein)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's 2666: To drink down, swallow, devour, destroy, consume. From kata and pino; to drink down, i.e. Gulp entire.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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