God & Savior

John 4:20

Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”
John 4:20
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Original language and places

Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Greek)

οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν ἐν τῷ ὄρει τούτῳ προσεκύνησαν, καὶ ὑμεῖς λέγετε ὅτι ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις ἐστὶν ὁ τόπος ὅπου προσκυνεῖν δεῖ.

  1. οἱhoi“The”
    Article, nominative, plural, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  2. πατέρεςpateres“fathers”
    Noun, nominative, plural, masculine · from πατήρ · “father” · Strong's G3962
  3. ἡμῶνhēmōn“of us”
    Personal pronoun, 1st person, genitive, plural · from ἐγώ · “I/we” · Strong's G3165
  4. ἐνen“on”
    Preposition · “in/on/among” · Strong's G1722
  5. τῷtō“<the>”
    Article, dative, singular, neuter · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  6. ὄρειorei“mountain”
    Noun, dative, singular, neuter · from ὄρος · “mountain” · Strong's G3735
  7. τούτῳtoutō“this”
    Demonstrative pronoun, dative, singular, neuter · from οὗτος · “this/he/she/it” · Strong's G3778
  8. προσεκύνησαν,prosekunēsan“worshiped,”
    Verb, aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person plural · from προσκυνέω · “to worship” · Strong's G4352
  9. καὶkai“and”
    Conjunction · from καί · “and” · Strong's G2532
  10. ὑμεῖςhumeis“you yourselves”
    Personal pronoun, 2nd person, nominative, plural · from σύ · “you” · Strong's G4771
  11. λέγετεlegete“say”
    Verb, present, active, indicative, 2nd person plural · from λέγω · “to speak” · Strong's G3004G
  12. ὅτιhoti“that”
    Conjunction · “that/since” · Strong's G3754G
  13. ἐνen“in”
    Preposition · “in/on/among” · Strong's G1722
  14. ἹεροσολύμοιςHi'erosolumois“Jerusalem”
    Noun, dative, plural, neuter · from Ἱεροσόλυμα · “Jerusalem” · Strong's G2414
  15. ἐστὶνestin“is”
    Verb, present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from εἰμί · “to be” · Strong's G1510
  16. ὁho“the”
    Article, nominative, singular, masculine · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  17. τόποςtopos“place”
    Noun, nominative, singular, masculine · “place” · Strong's G5117
  18. ὅπουhopou“where”
    Preposition · “where(-ever)” · Strong's G3699
  19. προσκυνεῖνproskunein“to worship”
    Verb, present, active, infinitive · from προσκυνέω · “to worship” · Strong's G4352
  20. δεῖ.dei“it is necessary.”
    Verb, present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from δεῖ · “be necessary” · Strong's G1163
Places named in this verse
  • Places: OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Coordinates from OpenStreetMap (ODbL) are left out. Source (version 7eb18a5)
  • Greek words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)