Bible Verse Dictionary
John 12:5 - Poor
Verse | Strongs No. | Greek | |
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Why | G1302 | διατί |
through what cause? that is why? |
was not | G3756 | οὐ |
the absolutely negative (compare G3361) adverb; no or not |
this | G5124 | τοῦτο |
that thing |
ointment | G3464 | μύρον |
[Noun Neuter]
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sold | G4097 | πιπράσκω |
[Verb] contracted from περάω peraō (to traverse; from the base of G4008); to traffic (by travelling) that is dispose of as merchandise or into slavery (literally or figuratively) |
for three hundred | G5145 | τριακόσιοι |
[Adjective] three hundred |
pence | G1220 | δηνάριον |
[Noun Neuter] a denarius (or ten asses) |
and | G2532 | καί |
[Conjunction] and also: even so: then too etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words |
given | G1325 | δίδωμι |
[Verb] to give (used in a very wide application properly or by implication literally or figuratively; greatly modified by the connection) |
to the poor | G4434 | πτωχός |
[Adjective] akin to G4422 and the alternate of G4098); a beggar (as cringing) that is pauper (strictly denoting absolute or public mendicancy although also used in a qualified or relative sense; whereas G3993 properly means only straitened circumstances in private) literally (often as noun) or figuratively (distressed) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.