Bible Verse Dictionary
John 10:17 - Because
Verse | Strongs No. | Greek | |
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Therefore | G1223 | διά |
[Preposition] through (in very wide applications local causal or occasional). In composition it retains the same general import |
doth my | G3450 | μοῦ |
of me |
Father | G3962 | πατήρ |
[Noun Masculine] a |
love | G25 | ἀγαπάω |
[Verb] or compare [H5689]); to love (in a social or moral sense) |
me | G3165 | μέ |
me |
because | G3754 | ὅτι |
[Conjunction] demonstrative that (sometimes redundant); causatively because |
I | G1473 | ἐγώ |
A primary pronoun of the first person |
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) |
my | G3450 | μοῦ |
of me |
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] |
that | G2443 | ἵνα |
[Conjunction] compare G3588); in order that (denoting the purpose or the result) |
I | G1473 | ἐγώ |
A primary pronoun of the first person |
might take | 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]) |
it | 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 |
again | G3825 | πάλιν |
[Adverb] (adverbially) anew that is (of place) back (of time) once more or (conjugationally) furthermore or on the other hand |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.