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Tuesday, February 16, 2010

John 4:37

ἐν γὰρ τούτῳ ὁ λόγος ἐστὶν ἀληθινός, ὅτι ἄλλος ἐστὶν ὁ σπείρων καὶ ἄλλος ὁ θερίζων.

Rough Word-by-word:
in for this the word is true, that another is the one sowing and another the one harvesting.

Smooth Translation:
for in this the word is true, that one is sowing and another reaping.

ἐν dative preposition "in"

γὰρ post positive conjunction "for"

τούτῳ demonstrative pronoun dative singular masculine "this"

definite article nominative singular masculine "the"

λόγος noun nominative singular masculine "word"

ἐστὶν verb present indicative 3rd singular from εἰμί (I am) "it [he] is"

ἀληθινός adjective nominative singular masculine "true"

ὅτι conjunction "that/because"

ἄλλος adjective nominative singular masculine "another"

ἐστὶν verb present indicative 3rd singular from εἰμί (I am) "it [he] is"

definite article nominative singular masculine "the"

σπείρων present active participle nominative singular masculine from σπείρω (I sow) "the one sowing"

καὶ adjective "and"

ἄλλος adjective nominative singular masculine "another"

definite article nominative singular masculine "the"

θερίζων present active participle nominative singular masculine from θερίζω (I harvest) "the one harvesting"

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