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Monday, December 17, 2007

John 1:6

γνετο νθρωπος, πεσταλμνος παρ θεο, νομα ατ ωννης·


γνετο verb aorist middle 3rd singular from γίνομαι "came to be"

νθρωπος noun nominative masculine singular "a man"

πεσταλμνος verb perfect passive participle (note:"men" in the middle) from ἀποστέλλω nom masc sing "having been sent"

παρ preposition with genative "from"

θεο noun nominative masculine singular "God"

νομα noun nominative singular neuter "name"

ατ pronoun dative singular masculine "to him"

ωννης proper noun nominative singular masculine "John"


Rough Translation:
came to be a man having been sent from God, name to him John

Smooth Translation:
A man came to be, having been sent from God, named John


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