Bible Verse Dictionary
John 1:15 - Preferred
Verse | Strongs No. | Greek | |
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John | G2491 | Ἰωάννης |
[Noun Masculine] Joannes (that is Jochanan) the name of four Israelites |
bare witness | G3140 | μαρτυρέω |
[Verb] to be a witness that is testify (literally or figuratively) |
of | G4012 | περί |
[Preposition] properly through (all over) that is around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications of place cause or time (with the genitive case denoting the subject or occasion or superlative point; with the accusative case the locality circuit: matter circumstance or general period) |
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 |
and | G2532 | καί |
[Conjunction] and also: even so: then too etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words |
cried | G2896 | κράζω |
[Verb] properly to |
saying | G3004 | λέγω |
[Verb] properly to |
This | G3778 | οὗτος |
the he (she or it) that is this or that (often with the article repeated) |
was | G2258 | ἦν |
[Verb] I (thou etc.) was (wast or were) |
he | G3754 | ὅτι |
[Conjunction] demonstrative that (sometimes redundant); causatively because |
of | G4012 | περί |
[Preposition] properly through (all over) that is around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications of place cause or time (with the genitive case denoting the subject or occasion or superlative point; with the accusative case the locality circuit: matter circumstance or general period) |
whom | G3739 | ὅς |
the relative (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun who: which what that |
I spake | G2036 | ἔπω |
[Verb] to speak or say (by word or writting) |
He | G3754 | ὅτι |
[Conjunction] demonstrative that (sometimes redundant); causatively because |
that cometh | G2064 | ἔρχομαι |
[Verb] which do not otherwise occur); to come or go (in a great variety of applications literally and figuratively) |
after | G3694 | ὀπίσω |
[Adverb] to the back that is aback (as adverb or preposition of time or place; or as noun) |
me | G3450 | μοῦ |
of me |
is preferred | G1096 | γίνομαι |
[Verb] to cause to be ( |
before | G1715 | ἔμπροσθεν |
[Adverb] in front of (in place [literally or figuratively] or time) |
me | G3450 | μοῦ |
of me |
for he | G3754 | ὅτι |
[Conjunction] demonstrative that (sometimes redundant); causatively because |
was | G2258 | ἦν |
[Verb] I (thou etc.) was (wast or were) |
before | G1715 | ἔμπροσθεν |
[Adverb] in front of (in place [literally or figuratively] or time) |
me | G3450 | μοῦ |
of me |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.