Bible Verse Dictionary
2 Corinthians 4:5 - Darkness
Verse | Strongs No. | Greek | |
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For | G1063 | γάρ |
[Conjunction] properly assigning a reason (used in argument explanation or intensification; often with other particles) |
we preach | G2784 | κηρύσσω |
[Verb] to herald (as a public crier) especially divine truth (the gospel) |
not | G3756 | οὐ |
the absolutely negative (compare G3361) adverb; no or not |
ourselves | G1438 | ἑαυτοῦ |
from a reflexive pronoun otherwise obsolete and the genitive (dative or accusative) of G846; him (her it: them also [in conjunction with the personal pronoun of the other persons] my thy: our your) -self (-selves) etc. |
but | G235 | ἀλλά |
[Conjunction] properly other things that is (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations) |
Christ | G5547 | Χριστός |
[Adjective] anointed that is the Messiah an epithet of Jesus |
Jesus | G2424 | Ἰησοῦς |
[Noun Masculine] Jesus (that is Jehoshua) the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites |
the Lord | G2962 | κύριος |
[Noun Masculine] supreme in authority that is (as noun) controller; by implication Mr . (as a respectful title) |
and | G1161 | δέ |
[Conjunction] but and etc. |
ourselves | G1438 | ἑαυτοῦ |
from a reflexive pronoun otherwise obsolete and the genitive (dative or accusative) of G846; him (her it: them also [in conjunction with the personal pronoun of the other persons] my thy: our your) -self (-selves) etc. |
your | G5216 | ὑμῶν |
of (from or concerning) you |
servants | G1401 | δοῦλος |
[Noun] a slave (literally or figuratively involuntarily or voluntarily; frequently therefore in a qualified sense of subjection or subserviency) |
for | G1063 | γάρ |
[Conjunction] properly assigning a reason (used in argument explanation or intensification; often with other particles) |
Jesus' sake | G1223 | διά |
[Preposition] through (in very wide applications local causal or occasional). In composition it retains the same general import |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.