Titus 3:12
Greek (Tischendorf 8th ed.) Titus 3:12 appears in the Greek New Testament. The text above is from the Tischendorf 8th edition. Each word links to its Strong’s number and a concise gloss. Click any word for its full Thayer’s Greek Lexicon entry.When I send Artemas to you, or Tychicus, be diligent to come to me to Nicopolis, for I have determined to winter there.
- 2 hapax legomena — only here in the Greek New Testament
- 2 first appearances in the Greek New Testament
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World English Bible Public Domain
When I send Artemas to you, or Tychicus, be diligent to come to me to Nicopolis, for I have determined to winter there.
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King James Version Public Domain
When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis: for I have determined there to winter.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, hurry to come to me at Nicopolis, because I have decided to spend the winter there.
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Every available English version of this verse, each an independent rendering of the whole verse.
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World English Bible Public Domain
When I send Artemas to you, or Tychicus, be diligent to come to me to Nicopolis, for I have determined to winter there.
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Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
As soon as I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, make every effort to come to me at Nicopolis, because I have decided to winter there.
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Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
As soon as I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, make every effort to come to me at Nicopolis, because I have decided to winter there.
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King James Version Public Domain
When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis: for I have determined there to winter.
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American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, give diligence to come unto me to Nicopolis: for there I have determined to winter.
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Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, give diligence to come unto me to Nicopolis: for there I have determined to winter.
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Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
When I shall send Artemas vnto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come to mee vnto Nicopolis: for I haue determined there to winter.
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Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
When I shall send to thee Artemas or Tychicus, make haste to come unto me to Nicopolis. For there I have determined to winter.
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Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis, for there to winter I have determined.
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Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
When I will send Artemas to you, or Tychicus, be diligent to come to me to Nicopolis, for I have determined to winter there.
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Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, hurry and come to me at Nicopolis, where I have decided to spend the winter.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, hurry to come to me at Nicopolis, because I have decided to spend the winter there.
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Darby Bible Public Domain
When I shall send Artemas to thee, or Tychicus, use diligence to come to me to Nicopolis; for I have decided to winter there.
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World Messianic Bible Public Domain
When I send Artemas to you, or Tychicus, be diligent to come to me to Nicopolis, for I have determined to winter there.
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Webster's Bible Public Domain
When I shall send Artemas to thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come to me to Nicopolis: for I have determined there to winter.
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Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
As soon as I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, try and come to me at Nicopolis because I'm planning to spend the winter there.
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Bible in Basic English Public Domain
When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis: for it is my purpose to be there for the winter.
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Text-Critical English NT CC BY 4.0
When I send Artemas to yoʋ, or Tychicus, make every effort to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there.
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Tyndale New Testament (1534) Public Domain
When I shall sende Artemas vnto the or Tichicus be diliget to come to me vnto Nichopolis. For I have determined ther to wynter.
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- Appears 1× in the Greek New Testament
- First appears here
- Part of Speech
- Noun
- Case
- Accusative
- Number
- Singular
- Gender
- Masculine
Full Thayer's Definition
- Ὅταν hótan G3752 “when” Conjunction
- πέμψω pémpō G3992 “to send” Verb, Future, Active, Indicative, 1st person, Singular
- Ἀρτεμᾶν Artemás G734 “Aristarchus” Noun, Accusative, Singular, Masculine
- πρὸς prós G4314 “to” Preposition
- σὲ sý G4771 “you” Personal pronoun, 2nd person, Accusative, Singular
- ἢ ḗ G2228 “or” Particle
- Τυχικόν Tychikós G5190 “Tychicus” Noun, Accusative, Singular, Masculine
- σπούδασον spoudázō G4704 “to hasten” Verb, Aorist, Active, Imperative, 2nd person, Singular
- ἐλθεῖν érchomai G2064 “to come” Verb, Aorist, Active, Infinitive
- πρός prós G4314 “to” Preposition
- με egṓ G1473 “I” Personal pronoun, 1st person, Accusative, Singular
- εἰς eis G1519 “into” Preposition
- Νικόπολιν Nikópolis G3533 “Nicopolis” Noun, Accusative, Singular, Feminine
- ἐκεῖ ekeî G1563 “there” Adverb
- γὰρ gár G1063 “for” Conjunction
- κέκρικα krínō G2919 “to judge” Verb, Perfect, Active, Indicative, 1st person, Singular
- παραχειμάσαι paracheimázō G3914 “to winter” Verb, Aorist, Active, Infinitive
About this verse
These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →
- 17
- words
- 16
- distinct lemmas
- Pauline Epistles
- section
Notable vocabulary
2 hapax legomena — words that appear only here in the entire Greek New Testament:
First appearance in Scripture
These words make their first canonical appearance in the Greek New Testament here:
Shared distinctive vocabulary
παραχειμάσαι to winter G3914 occurs in 4 verses of the Greek New Testament. Also found in:
Repetition
A word recurs within this verse:
- πρὸς to G4314 ×2
Cross-references
6Topical passages linked to Titus 3:12 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.
- 2 Timothy 4:9 Be diligent to come to me soon,
- Acts 20:4 These accompanied him as far as Asia: Sopater of Beroea; Aristarchus and Secundus of the Thessalonians; Gaius of Derbe; Timothy; and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia.
- 1 Corinthians 16:8–9 But I will stay at Ephesus until Pentecost,
- 2 Timothy 4:12 But I sent Tychicus to Ephesus.
- 2 Timothy 4:21 Be diligent to come before winter. Eubulus salutes you, as do Pudens, Linus, Claudia, and all the brothers.
- 1 Corinthians 16:6 But with you it may be that I will stay, or even winter, that you may send me on my journey wherever I go.
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Lesson kit
Teaching starters — assembled from the data on this page, not authored interpretation. Every prompt links to the verse data it draws on. Edit before teaching.
Titus, in the Pauline Epistles, opens this verse with 17 words (16 distinct Greek lemmas). Its most distinctive word is Artemás (“Aristarchus”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Discussion questions
- The word Artemás carries the sense “Aristarchus.” How does it shape the verse?
- 2 words here appear nowhere else in the Greek New Testament. Why might the author reach for such rare wording?
- 2 words make their first appearance in Scripture here. What does this debut establish?
- How does Acts 27:12, which shares the word «to winter», read alongside this verse?
- What does the repetition of “to” (2× in this one verse) do in this verse?
- The translations on this page render this verse differently — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment. What might account for the different wordings?
- Compare how Joseph Benson's Commentary and The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?
Things to notice
- 2 words in this verse appear nowhere else in the Greek New Testament.
- 2 words make their first canonical appearance in Scripture here.
- These translations choose different wording for 8 words in this verse.
- “to” occurs 2× in this single verse.
- 16 distinct Greek lemmas span 17 words in this verse.
Commentary
Notes on Titus 3:12 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.
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Joseph Benson's Commentary
Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary
Joseph S. Exell (gen. ed.)
The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary (gen. ed. Joseph S. Exell; Funk & Wagnalls, c. 1892) — public domain (pre-1929). A full-Bible homiletical/sermon-outline anthology covering 65 of 66 books (2 John is absent from the source module). Text from a community e-Sword module.
Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures
Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures (Critical, Doctrinal, and Homiletical), ed. John Peter Lange, English translation edited by Philip Schaff (1864–1880) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale Open Resources
Tyndale Open Study Notes — © Tyndale Open Resources, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Bengel's Gnomon
Johann Albrecht Bengel
Bengel's Gnomon of the New Testament — English translation (T&T Clark, Edinburgh, 1860) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Meyer's Critical & Exegetical Commentary
Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer
Meyer — Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament — English translation by Peter Christie, edited by Frederick Crombie (T&T Clark, 1880) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Expositor's Greek Testament
ed. W. Robertson Nicoll
The Expositor's Greek Testament, edited by W. Robertson Nicoll (1897–1910) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament
Marvin R. Vincent
Marvin R. Vincent, Word Studies in the New Testament (1887–1900) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Geneva Bible (1599)
Geneva Bible translators
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill's Exposition
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Trapp's Complete Commentary
John Trapp
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible
Daniel D. Whedon
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Fairbairn on Ezekiel, Jonah & the Pastoral Epistles
Patrick Fairbairn
Patrick Fairbairn — An Exposition of Ezekiel (1851), Jonah (1849), and The Pastoral Epistles (1874) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Paul E. Kretzmann
Paul E. Kretzmann, Popular Commentary of the Bible (1921–1924) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Burkitt's Expository Notes on the New Testament
William Burkitt
William Burkitt's Expository Notes on the New Testament (1700–1703) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The People's New Testament
B. W. Johnson
B. W. Johnson's The People's New Testament with Notes (1889–1891) — public domain. Electronic text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL) ThML edition.
unfoldingWord translationNotes
Door43 World Missions Community
unfoldingWord translationNotes — © Distant Shores Media and the Door43 World Missions Community, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: git.door43.org/Door43/en_tn.
Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges
Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges (Cambridge University Press, 1896; 21 vols, various authors incl. Carr, Maclear, Plummer, Farrar, Lumby, Moule, M. R. James, Simcox) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Alford’s Greek Testament
Henry Alford
Henry Alford, The Greek Testament (1849–1861) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
International Critical Commentary
International Critical Commentary — older volumes (1896–1929), various authors — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.