Colossians 1:9 For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. [NIV]
Colossians 1:9 Because of this, we also, from the day in which we heard, do not cease praying for you, and asking that ye may be filled with the full knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding, [YLT]
Colossians 1:9 [a] For [b] this
[a] For = dia (dee-ah') [1223]: the channel of an act; through
[b] this = touto (too'-to) [5124; 3778]: that thing:
[c] we = hemeis (hay-mice') [2249; 1473]: we (only used when emphatic):
[d] also = kaii (kahee) [2532]: and, also, even, so then, too, etc
[e] since = apo (ap-ar-khay') [575; 2644]: "off", i.e. away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time or relation).
[e-a] = hos (hos) [3739]: who, which, what, that:
[f] day = hemera (hay-mer'-ah) [2250]: tame, i.e. gentle; day, i.e. (lit.) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the Jews as inclusive of the parts of both extremes); fig., a period
[g] we heard = akouo (ak-oo'-o) [191]: to hear
[h] do cease = pauo (pow'-o) [3973]: to stop, i.e. restrain, quit, desist, come to an end:
[i] not = ou (oo) [3756]: the absolute [DEF: Absolute = Completely such, without qualification or exception] negative [DEF: Negative = To prevent or forbit authoritatively] adverb; no or not:
[j] to pray = proseuchomai (pros-yoo'-khom-ahee) [4336; 4314; 2172]: to pray to God, i.e. supplicate [DEF: Supplicate = To make an earnest or urgent request; To offer a reverent petition to a deity], worship [DEF: Worship = The act of adoring, esp. reverently; To regard with great awe and devotion; To feel deep, devoted love for]
[k] for = huper (hoop-er') [5228]: "over", i.e. of place, above, beyond, across, or causal, for the sake of, instead, regarding; with the accusative case superior to, more than:
[l] you = humon (hoo-mone') [5216; 5210]: of (from or concerning) you:
[m] and = kaii (kahee) [2532]: and, also, even, so then, too, etc.
[n] to desire = aiteo (ahee-teh'-o) [154; 4441]: to ask
[o] that = hina (hin'-ah) [2443; 1438]: in order that
[p] ye might be filled = pleroo (play-ro'-o) [4137; 4134]; to make replete [DEF: Replete = Completely filled; Full of animation and activity; Filled to satisfaction or excess], i.e. (lit.) to cram (a net), level up (a hollow), or (fig.) to furnish (or imbue [DEF: Imbue = To occupy the whole of; be found throughout], diffuse [DEF: Diffuse = To extend over a wide area], influence [DEF: Influence = The power or capacity to produce a desired result; The power to produce an effecty by indirect means; To evoke a usually strong mental or emotional response from]), satisfy [DEF: Satisfy = To set right by giving what is due; To supply fully or completely] , execute [DEF: Execute = To carry to a successful conclusion: To begin and carry through to sompletion] (an office), finish (a period or task), verify [DEF: Verify = To establish as true or genuine] (or coincide with a prediction), etc.:
[q] the, of = tou (tou) [3588; 3739]:the feminine he (hay); and the neuter to (to); in all their inflections; the def. article; the: THAYER'S this, that, these, etc.
[r] knowledge = epignosis (ep-ig'-no-sis) [1922; 1921]: recognition [DEF: Recognition = Favorable notice, as of an achievement], i.e. (by impl.) full discernment [DEF: Discernment = Skill in perceiving, discriminating, or judging], acknowledgment. [DEF: Acknowledgment = The act of admitting to something]
[s] his = autos (ow-tos') [846]: a baffling wind backward; self, [DEF: baffling = . To prevent from accomplishing a purpose; To leave speechless or without a ready response]
[t] will = thelema (thel'-ay-mah) [2307; 2309]: a determination (prop. the thing), i.e. (act.) choice (spec. purpose, decree; abstr. volition [DEF: Volition = The mental faculty by which one deliberately chooses or decides] ) or (pass.) inclination. [DEF: Inclination = An innate ( Of or arising from the most basic structure of an individual; Forming an essential element; Possessed at birth) capability; Deviation from a particular direction]
[u] in = en (en) [1722]: fixed position (in place, time or state), and (by imp.) instrumentality [DEF: Instrumentality =The quality or condition of being instrumental; helpfulness; means; agency (Instrumental = Acting or serving as a means, useful; helpful)] (medially or constructively), i.e. "in," at, (up-) on, by, etc.:
[v] all = pas (pas) [3956]: all, any, every, the whole:
[w] wisdom = sophia (sof-ee'-ah) [4678; 4680]: wisdom (higher or lower, worldly or spiritual):
[x] spiritual = pneumatikos (pnyoo-mat-ik-os') [4152; 4151]: non-carnal, [DEF: Carnal = Relating to the desires and appetites of the body] i.e. (humanly) ethereal [DEF Ethereal = So light and insubstantial as to resemble air or a thin film] (as opposed to gross), or (daemoniacally) a spirit (concretely), or (divinely) supernatural, regenerate, religious:
[y] understanding = sunesis (soon'-es-is) [4907; 4920]: a mental putting together, i.e. intelligence or (concretely) the intellect: