John 3:29
The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.
BSB
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ASV
He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, that standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is made full.
KJV
He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
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30 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ὁ | Ho | The [one] | G3588 → |
| ἔχων | echōn | having | G2192 → |
| τὴν | tēn | the | G3588 → |
| νύμφην | numphēn | bride | G3565 → |
| νυμφίος | numphios | [the] bridegroom | G3566 → |
| ἐστίν. | estin | is. | G1510 → |
| ὁ | ho | the | G3588 → |
| δὲ | de | now | G1161 → |
| φίλος | philos | friend | G5384 → |
| τοῦ | tou | of the | G3588 → |
| νυμφίου, | numphiou | bridegroom, | G3566 → |
| ὁ | ho | the [one] | G3588 → |
| ἑστηκὼς | hestēkōs | having stood | G2476 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| ἀκούων | akouōn | listening | G191 → |
| αὐτοῦ, | autou | for him, | G846 → |
| χαρᾷ | chara | with joy | G5479 → |
| χαίρει | chairei | rejoices | G5463 → |
| διὰ | dia | because of | G1223 → |
| τὴν | tēn | the | G3588 → |
| φωνὴν | phōnēn | voice | G5456 → |
| τοῦ | tou | of the | G3588 → |
| νυμφίου. | numphiou | bridegroom. | G3566 → |
| αὕτη | hautē | This | G3778 → |
| οὖν | oun | therefore | G3767 → |
| ἡ | hē | the | G3588 → |
| χαρὰ | chara | joy | G5479 → |
| ἡ | hē | <the> | G3588 → |
| ἐμὴ | emē | of mine | G1473 → |
| πεπλήρωται. | peplērōtai | has been fulfilled. | G4137 → |
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