God & Savior

John 6:31

Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
John 6:31
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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 τὸ μάννα ἔφαγον ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ καθώς ἐστιν γεγραμμένον· ἄρτον ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς φαγεῖν.

  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. τὸto“the”
    Article, accusative, singular, neuter · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  5. μάνναmanna“manna”
    Noun, accusative, singular, neuter · “manna” · Strong's G3131
  6. ἔφαγονephagon“ate”
    Verb, aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person plural · from φαγεῖν · “to eat” · Strong's G5315
  7. ἐνen“in”
    Preposition · “in/on/among” · Strong's G1722
  8. τῇtēa“the”
    Article, dative, singular, feminine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  9. ἐρήμῳerēmō“wilderness”
    Adjective, dative, singular, feminine · from ἔρημος · “deserted” · Strong's G2048
  10. καθώςkathōs“even as”
    Conjunction · “as/just as” · Strong's G2531
  11. ἐστινestin“it is”
    Verb, present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from εἰμί · “to be” · Strong's G1510
  12. γεγραμμένον·gegrammenon“written:”
    Verb, perfect, passive, participle, nominative, singular, neuter · from γράφω · “to write” · Strong's G1125
  13. ἄρτονarton“Bread”
    Noun, accusative, singular, masculine · from ἄρτος · “bread” · Strong's G0740
  14. ἐκek“from”
    Preposition · “out from” · Strong's G1537
  15. τοῦtou“<the>”
    Article, genitive, singular, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  16. οὐρανοῦouranou“heaven”
    Noun, genitive, singular, masculine · from οὐρανός · “heaven” · Strong's G3772
  17. ἔδωκενedōken“He gave”
    Verb, aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from δίδωμι · “to give” · Strong's G1325
  18. αὐτοῖςautois“them”
    Personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine · from αὐτός · “he/she/it/self” · Strong's G0846
  19. φαγεῖν.phagein“to eat.’”
    Verb, aorist, active, infinitive · from φαγεῖν · “to eat” · Strong's G5315
  • Greek words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)