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1 John 5:9 - Men

1 John 5:9 - If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.

Verse	Strongs No.	Greek	Strongs Definition
If	G1487	εἰ	[Conjunction] if whether: that etc.
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])
the	G3588	ὁ	the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied at others omitted in English idiom)
witness	G3141	μαρτυρία	[Noun Feminine] evidence given (judicially or generally)
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)
men	G444	ἄνθρωπος	[Noun Masculine] from G3700); manfaced that is a human being
the	G3588	ὁ	the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied at others omitted in English idiom)
witness	G3141	μαρτυρία	[Noun Feminine] evidence given (judicially or generally)
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)
God	G2316	θεός	[Noun Masculine] a deity especially (with G3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively a magistrate; by Hebraism very
is	G2076	ἐστί	[Verb] he (she or it) is; also (with neuter plural) they are
greater	G3187	μείζων	[Adjective] larger (literally or figuratively specifically in age)
for	G3754	ὅτι	[Conjunction] demonstrative that (sometimes redundant); causatively because
this	G3778	οὗτος	the he (she or it) that is this or that (often with the article repeated)
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)
witness	G3141	μαρτυρία	[Noun Feminine] evidence given (judicially or generally)
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)
God	G2316	θεός	[Noun Masculine] a deity especially (with G3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively a magistrate; by Hebraism very
which	G3739	ὅς	the relative (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun who: which what that
he hath testified	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)
his	G848	αὑτοῦ	self (in some oblique case or reflexive relation)
Son	G5207	υἱός	[Noun Masculine] a son (sometimes of animals) used very widely of immediate remote or figurative kinship

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