Colossians 3:21
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become discouraged.

Young's Literal Translation
the fathers! vex not your children, lest they be discouraged.

King James Bible
Fathers, provoke not your children [to anger], lest they be discouraged.

Greek
Fathers,
πατέρες (pateres)
Noun - Vocative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3962: Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'.

{do} not
μὴ (mē)
Adverb
Strong's 3361: Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether.

provoke
ἐρεθίζετε (erethizete)
Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 2042: To stir up, arouse to anger, provoke, irritate, incite. From a presumed prolonged form of eris; to stimulate.

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

children,
τέκνα (tekna)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 5043: A child, descendent, inhabitant. From the base of timoria; a child.

so
ἵνα (hina)
Conjunction
Strong's 2443: In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.

they will not become discouraged.
ἀθυμῶσιν (athymōsin)
Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 120: To lose heart, be despondent, be disheartened. From a compound of a and thumos; to be spiritless, i.e. Disheartened.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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