Bible Verse Dictionary
1 John 3:22 - Keep
Verse | Strongs No. | Greek | |
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And | G2532 | καί |
[Conjunction] and also: even so: then too etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words |
whatsoever | G3739 | ὅς |
the relative (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun who: which what that |
we ask | G154 | αἰτέω |
[Verb] to ask (in generally) |
we receive | G2983 | λαμβάνω |
[Verb] to take (in very many applications literally and figuratively [probably objective or active to get hold of; whereas G1209 is rather subjective or passive to have offered to one; while G138 is more violent to seize or remove]) |
of | G3844 | παρά |
[Preposition] properly near that is (with genitive case) from beside (literally or figuratively) (with dative case) at (or in) the vicinity of (objectively or subjectively) (with accusative case) to the proximity with (local [especially beyond or opposed to] or causal [on account of]). In compounds it retains the same variety of application |
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 |
because | G3754 | ὅτι |
[Conjunction] demonstrative that (sometimes redundant); causatively because |
we keep | G5083 | τηρέω |
[Verb] perhaps akin to G2334); to guard (from loss or injury properly by keeping the eye upon; and thus differing from G5442 which is properly to prevent escaping; and from G2892 which implies a fortress or full military lines of apparatus) that is to note (a prophecy; figuratively to fulfil a command); by implication to detain (in custody; figuratively to maintain); by extension to withhold (for personal ends; figuratively to keep unmarried) |
his | G848 | αὑτοῦ |
self (in some oblique case or reflexive relation) |
commandments | G1785 | ἐντολή |
[Noun Feminine] injunction that is an authoritative prescription |
and | G2532 | καί |
[Conjunction] and also: even so: then too etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words |
do | G4160 | ποιέω |
[Verb] to make or do (in a very wide application more or less direct) |
those things that are pleasing | G701 | ἀρεστός |
[Adjective] agreeable; by implication fit |
in his | G848 | αὑτοῦ |
self (in some oblique case or reflexive relation) |
sight | G1799 | ἐνώπιον |
[Preposition] in the face of (literally or figuratively) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.