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1 John 2:7 - Beginning

1 John 2:7 - Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.

Verse	Strongs No.	Greek	Strongs Definition
Brethren	G80	ἀδελφός	[Noun Masculine] a brother (literally or figuratively) near or remote (much like [H1])
I write	G1125	γράφω	[Verb] to grave especially to write; figuratively to describe
no	G3756	οὐ	the absolutely negative (compare G3361) adverb; no or not
new	G2537	καινός	[Adjective] new (especially in freshness; while G3501 is properly so with respect to age)
commandment	G1785	ἐντολή	[Noun Feminine] injunction that is an authoritative prescription
unto you	G5213	ὑμῖν	to (with or by) you
but	G235	ἀλλά	[Conjunction] properly other things that is (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations)
an old	G3820	παλαιός	[Adjective] antique that is not recent worn out
commandment	G1785	ἐντολή	[Noun Feminine] injunction that is an authoritative prescription
which	G3739	ὅς	the relative (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun who: which what that
ye had	G2192	ἔχω	[Verb] to hold (used in very various applications literally or figuratively direct or remote; such as possession ability: contiguity relation or condition)
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
the	G3588	ὁ	the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied at others omitted in English idiom)
beginning	G746	ἀρχή	[Noun Feminine] (properly abstract) a commencement or (concrete) chief (in various applications of order time place or rank)
The	G3588	ὁ	the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied at others omitted in English idiom)
old	G3820	παλαιός	[Adjective] antique that is not recent worn out
commandment	G1785	ἐντολή	[Noun Feminine] injunction that is an authoritative prescription
is	G2076	ἐστί	[Verb] he (she or it) is; also (with neuter plural) they are
the	G3588	ὁ	the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied at others omitted in English idiom)
word	G3056	λόγος	[Noun Masculine] something said (including the thought); by implication a topic (subject of discourse) also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension a computation; specifically (with the article in John) the Divine Expression (that is Christ)
which	G3739	ὅς	the relative (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun who: which what that
ye have heard	G191	ἀκούω	[Verb] to hear (in various senses)
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
the	G3588	ὁ	the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied at others omitted in English idiom)
beginning	G746	ἀρχή	[Noun Feminine] (properly abstract) a commencement or (concrete) chief (in various applications of order time place or rank)

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

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1 John 2:7 - Beginning

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