Bible Verse Dictionary
1 John 3:16 - Up
Verse | Strongs No. | Greek | |
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Hereby | G1722 | ἐν |
[Preposition]
|
perceive | G1097 | γινώσκω |
[Verb] to |
we | G2249 | ἡμεῖς |
we (only used when emphatic) |
the | G3588 | ὁ |
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied at others omitted in English idiom) |
love | G26 | ἀγάπη |
[Noun Feminine] love that is affection or benevolence; specifically (plural) a love feast |
of God | G2316 | θεός |
[Noun Masculine] a deity especially (with G3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively a magistrate; by Hebraism very |
because | G3754 | ὅτι |
[Conjunction] demonstrative that (sometimes redundant); causatively because |
he | G1565 | ἐκεῖνος |
that one (or [neuter] thing); often intensified by the article prefixed |
laid down | G5087 | τίθημι |
[Verb] to place (in the widest application literally and figuratively; properly in a passive or horizontal posture and thus different from G2476 which properly denotes an upright and active position while G2749 is properly reflexive and utterly prostrate) |
his | G848 | αὑτοῦ |
self (in some oblique case or reflexive relation) |
life | G5590 | ψυχή |
[Noun Feminine] breath that is (by implication) spirit abstractly or concretely (the animal sentient principle only; thus distinguished on the one hand from G4151 which is the rational and immortal soul; and on the other from G2222 which is mere vitality even of plants: these terms thus exactly correspond respectively to the Hebrew [H5315] [H7307] and [H2416] |
for | G5228 | ὑπέρ |
[Preposition]
|
us | G2257 | ἡμῶν |
of (or from) us |
and | G2532 | καί |
[Conjunction] and also: even so: then too etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words |
we | G2249 | ἡμεῖς |
we (only used when emphatic) |
ought | G3784 | ὀφείλω |
[Verb] to owe (pecuniarily); figuratively to be under obligation (ought must: should); morally to fail in duty |
to lay down | G5087 | τίθημι |
[Verb] to place (in the widest application literally and figuratively; properly in a passive or horizontal posture and thus different from G2476 which properly denotes an upright and active position while G2749 is properly reflexive and utterly prostrate) |
our lives | G5590 | ψυχή |
[Noun Feminine] breath that is (by implication) spirit abstractly or concretely (the animal sentient principle only; thus distinguished on the one hand from G4151 which is the rational and immortal soul; and on the other from G2222 which is mere vitality even of plants: these terms thus exactly correspond respectively to the Hebrew [H5315] [H7307] and [H2416] |
for | G5228 | ὑπέρ |
[Preposition]
|
the | G3588 | ὁ |
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied at others omitted in English idiom) |
brethren | G80 | ἀδελφός |
[Noun Masculine] a brother (literally or figuratively) near or remote (much like [H1]) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.