They said to the woman, “We now believe not only because of your words; we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man truly is the Savior of the world.”John 4:42
Original language and places
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Original language (Greek)
τῇ τε γυναικὶ ἔλεγον ὅτι οὐκέτι διὰ τὴν σὴν λαλιὰν πιστεύομεν· αὐτοὶ γὰρ ἀκηκόαμεν καὶ οἴδαμεν ὅτι οὗτός ἐστιν ἀληθῶς ὁ σωτὴρ τοῦ κόσμου
- τῇtēa“<the>”Article, dative, singular, feminine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
- τεte“and”Conjunction · “and/both” · Strong's G5037
- γυναικὶgunaiki“to the woman”Noun, dative, singular, feminine · from γυνή · “woman” · Strong's G1135G
- ἔλεγονelegon“they were saying”Verb, imperfect, active, indicative, 3rd person plural · from λέγω · “to speak” · Strong's G3004G
- ὅτιhoti“that”Conjunction · “that/since” · Strong's G3754G
- οὐκέτιouketi“no longer”Particle, negative + Adverb · from οὐ · “no + ἔτι=still” · Strong's G3756
- διὰdia“because of”Preposition · from διά · “through/because of” · Strong's G1223
- τὴνtēn“<the>”Article, accusative, singular, feminine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
- σὴνsēn“your”Possessive pronoun, 2nd person · from σός · “your” · Strong's G4771
- λαλιὰνlalian“speech”Noun, accusative, singular, feminine · from λαλιά · “speech” · Strong's G2981
- πιστεύομεν·pisteuomen“we believe;”Verb, present, active, indicative, 1st person plural · from πιστεύω · “to trust (in)” · Strong's G4100
- αὐτοὶautoi“we ourselves”Personal pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine · from αὐτός · “he/she/it/self” · Strong's G0846
- γὰρgar“for”Conjunction · from γάρ · “for” · Strong's G1063
- ἀκηκόαμενakēkoamen“have heard”Verb, 2nd perfect, active, indicative, 1st person plural · from ἀκούω · “to hear” · Strong's G0191
- καὶkai“and”Conjunction · from καί · “and” · Strong's G2532
- οἴδαμενoidamen“we know”Verb, perfect, active, indicative, 1st person plural · from εἴδω · “to perceive” · Strong's G6063
- ὅτιhoti“that”Conjunction · “that/since” · Strong's G3754G
- οὗτόςhoutos“this”Demonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine · from οὗτος · “this/he/she/it” · Strong's G3778
- ἐστινestin“is”Verb, present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from εἰμί · “to be” · Strong's G1510
- ἀληθῶςalēthōs“truly”Adverb · “truly” · Strong's G0230
- ὁho“the”Article, nominative, singular, masculine · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
- σωτὴρsōtēr“Savior”Noun, nominative, singular, masculine · from σωτήρ · “savior” · Strong's G4990
- τοῦtou“of the”Article, genitive, singular, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
- κόσμουkosmou“world”Noun, genitive, singular, masculine · from κόσμος · “world” · Strong's G2889
- Greek words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)