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1 John 3:17 - How

1 John 3:17 - But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

Verse	Strongs No.	Greek	Strongs Definition
But	G1161	δέ	[Conjunction] but and etc.
whoso	G3739	ὅς	the relative (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun who: which what that
hath	G2192	ἔχω	[Verb] to hold (used in very various applications literally or figuratively direct or remote; such as possession ability: contiguity relation or condition)
this world's good	G979	βίος	[Noun Masculine] life that is (literally) the present state of existence; by implication the means of livelihood
and	G2532	καί	[Conjunction] and also: even so: then too etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
seeth	G2334	θεωρέω	[Verb] to be a spectator of that is discern (literally figuratively [experience] or intensively [acknowledge])
his	G848	αὑτοῦ	self (in some oblique case or reflexive relation)
brother	G80	ἀδελφός	[Noun Masculine] a brother (literally or figuratively) near or remote (much like [H1])
have	G2192	ἔχω	[Verb] to hold (used in very various applications literally or figuratively direct or remote; such as possession ability: contiguity relation or condition)
need	G5532	χρεία	[Noun Feminine] employment that is an affair; also (by implication) occasion demand: requirement or destitution
and	G2532	καί	[Conjunction] and also: even so: then too etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
shutteth up	G2808	κλείω	[Verb] to close (literally or figuratively)
his	G848	αὑτοῦ	self (in some oblique case or reflexive relation)
bowels	G4698	σπλάγχνον	[Noun Neuter] an intestine (plural); figuratively pity or sympathy
of compassion from	G575	ἀπό	off that is away (from something near) in various senses (of place time or relation; literally or figuratively): (X here-) after ago at because of before by (the space of) for (-th) from in (out) of off (up-) on (-ce) since with. In composition (as a prefix) it usually denotes separation departure: cessation completion
him	G846	αὐτός	backward); the reflexive pronoun self used (alone or in the compound of G1438) of the third person and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
how	G4459	πῶς	an interrogitive particle of manner; in what way? (sometimes the question is indirect how?); also as exclamation how much!
dwelleth	G3306	μένω	[Verb] to stay (in a given place state relation or expectancy)
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
in	G1722	ἐν	[Preposition] in at (up-) on by etc.
him	G846	αὐτός	backward); the reflexive pronoun self used (alone or in the compound of G1438) of the third person and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.

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