John 4:12
Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?”
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ASV
Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his sons, and his cattle?
KJV
Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?
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Commentary
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26 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| μὴ | mē | Not | G3361 → |
| σὺ | su | You yourself | G4771 → |
| μείζων | meizōn | greater | G3173 → |
| εἶ | ei | are | G1510 → |
| τοῦ | tou | [than] the | G3588 → |
| πατρὸς | patros | father | G3962 → |
| ἡμῶν | hēmōn | of us | G3165 → |
| Ἰακώβ, | Iakōb | Jacob, | G2384 → |
| ὃς | hos | who | G3739 → |
| ἔδωκεν | edōken | gave | G1325 → |
| ἡμῖν | hēmin | us | G3165 → |
| τὸ | to | the | G3588 → |
| φρέαρ, | phrear | well, | G5421 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| αὐτὸς | autos | himself | G846 → |
| ἐξ | ex | of | G1537 → |
| αὐτοῦ | autou | it | G846 → |
| ἔπιεν | epien | drank | G4095 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| οἱ | hoi | the | G3588 → |
| υἱοὶ | huioi | sons | G5207 → |
| αὐτοῦ | autou | of him | G846 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| τὰ | ta | the | G3588 → |
| θρέμματα | thremmata | livestock | G2353 → |
| αὐτοῦ;¶ | autou | of him? | G846 → |
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