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Tuesday, January 1, 2008

John 1:10

ν τ κσμ ν, κα κσμος δι' ατο γνετο, κα κσμος ατν οκ γνω.


ν preposition dative "in"

τ definite article dative masculine singular "the"

κσμnoun dative masculine singular "world"

ν verb imperfect indicative 3rd singular from εἰμί "(he) was"

κα conjunction "and"

defininte article nominative masculine singular "the"

κσμος noun nominative masculine singular "world"

δι' elided preposition with genitive "through"

ατο personal pronoun genitive masculine singular "him"

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

κα correlating conjunction "but"

definite article nominative masculine singular "the"

κσμος noun nominative masculine singular "world"

ατν personal pronoun accusative masculine singular "him"

οκ negative particle "not"

γνω verb aorist active indicative 3rd singular from γινώσκω "he (or "it" - the world) knew"


Rough Translation:

in the world he was and the world through him came to be and the world him not it knew


Smooth Transaltion:

He was in the world and the world came to be through him, but the world did not know him.

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