1 Timothy 5:2
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible

older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.

Young's Literal Translation

aged women as mothers, younger ones as sisters—in all purity;

King James Bible

The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.

Greek
older [women]
πρεσβυτέρας (presbyteras)
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural - Comparative
Strong's 4245: Comparative of presbus; older; as noun, a senior; specially, an Israelite Sanhedrist or Christian 'presbyter'.

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

mothers,
μητέρας (mēteras)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's 3384: A mother. Apparently a primary word; a 'mother'.

[and] younger [women]
νεωτέρας (neōteras)
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural - Comparative
Strong's 3501: (a) young, youthful, (b) new, fresh.

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

sisters,
ἀδελφὰς (adelphas)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's 79: A sister, a woman (fellow-)member of a church, a Christian woman. Fem of adephos; a sister.

with
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

absolute
πάσῃ (pasē)
Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

purity.
ἁγνείᾳ (hagneia)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 47: Purity, chastity. From hagnos; cleanliness, i.e. chastity.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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