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John 1:15
🇬🇷 KOINE GREEK

📖 King James Version

John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.

🔤 Interlinear Analysis — Greek (Abbott-Smith)

# Greek Transliteration Strong's Morphology Translation Definition
1 Ἰωάννης Iōannēs G2491 N-NSM-P John Ἰωάννης of Hebrew origin (יוֹחָנָן); Joannes (i.e. Jochanan), the name of four Israelites: John.
2 μαρτυρεῖ martyrei G3140 V-PAI-3S to testify μαρτυρέω from μάρτυς; to be a witness, i.e. testify (literally or figuratively): charge, give (evidence), bear record, have (obtain, of) good (honest) report, be well reported of, testify, give (have) testimony, (be, bear, give, obtain) witness.
3 περὶ peri G4012 PREP about περί from the base of πέραν; properly, through (all over), i.e. 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): (there-)about, above, against, at, on behalf of, X and his company, which concern, (as) concerning, for, X how it will go with, ((there-, where-)) of, on, over, pertaining (to), for sake, X (e-)state, (as) touching, (where-)by (in), with. In comparative, it retains substantially the same meaning of circuit (around), excess (beyond), or completeness (through).
4 αὐτοῦ autou G846 P-GSM he/she/it/self αὐτός from the particle au (perhaps akin to the base of ἀήρ through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative ἑαυτοῦ) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons: her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy-)self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare αὑτοῦ.
5 καὶ kai G2532 CONJ and καί apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
6 κέκραγεν kekragen G2896 V-2RAI-3S to cry κράζω a primary verb; properly, to "croak" (as a raven) or scream, i.e. (genitive case) to call aloud (shriek, exclaim, intreat): cry (out).
7 λέγων legōn G3004 V-PAP-NSM to speak λέγω a primary verb; properly, to "lay" forth, i.e. (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas ἔπω and φημί generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; while ῥέω is properly to break silence merely, and λαλέω means an extended or random harangue)); by implication, to mean: ask, bid, boast, call, describe, give out, name, put forth, say(-ing, on), shew, speak, tell, utter.
8 Οὗτος Houtos G3778 D-NSM this/he/she/it οὗτος, including nominative masculine plural houtoi, nominative feminine singular haute, and nominative feminine plural hautai from the article ὁ and αὐτός; the he (she or it), i.e. this or that (often with article repeated): he (it was that), hereof, it, she, such as, the same, these, they, this (man, same, woman), which, who.
9 ἦν ēn G1510 V-IAI-3S to be εἰμί the first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist (used only when emphatic): am, have been, X it is I, was. See also εἶ, εἴην, εἶναι, εἷς καθ’ εἷς, ἦν, ἔσομαι, ἐσμέν, ἐστέ, εἰμί0, εἰμί1, εἰμί2, εἰμί3.
10 ὃν hon G3739 R-ASM which ὅς, including feminine he, and neuter ho probably a primary word (or perhaps a form of the article ὁ); the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that: one, (an-, the) other, some, that, what, which, who(-m, -se), etc. See also οὗ.
11 εἶπον eipon G2036 V-2AAI-1S to say ἔπω a primary verb (used only in the definite past tense, the others being borrowed from ἐρέω, ῥέω, and φημί); to speak or say (by word or writing): answer, bid, bring word, call, command, grant, say (on), speak, tell. Compare λέγω.
12 Ho G3588 T-NSM the/this/who ὁ, including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom): the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
13 ὀπίσω opisō G3694 PREP after ὀπίσω from the same as ὄπισθεν with enclitic of direction; to the back, i.e. aback (as adverb or preposition of time or place; or as noun): after, back(-ward), (+ get) behind, + follow.
14 μου mou G1473 P-1GS I/we ἐγώ a primary pronoun of the first person I (only expressed when emphatic): I, me. For the other cases and the plural see ἐμέ, ἐμοί, ἐμοῦ, ἡμᾶς, ἡμεῖς, ἡμῖν, ἡμῶν, etc.
15 ἐρχόμενος erchomenos G2064 V-PNP-NSM to come/go ἔρχομαι middle voice of a primary verb (used only in the present and imperfect tenses, the others being supplied by a kindred (middle voice) eleuthomai el-yoo'-thom-ahee, or (active) eltho el'-tho, which do not otherwise occur); to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively): accompany, appear, bring, come, enter, fall out, go, grow, X light, X next, pass, resort, be set.
16 ἔμπροσθέν emprosthen G1715 PREP before ἔμπροσθεν from ἐν and πρός; in front of (in place (literally or figuratively) or time): against, at, before, (in presence, sight) of.
17 μου mou G1473 P-1GS I/we ἐγώ a primary pronoun of the first person I (only expressed when emphatic): I, me. For the other cases and the plural see ἐμέ, ἐμοί, ἐμοῦ, ἡμᾶς, ἡμεῖς, ἡμῖν, ἡμῶν, etc.
18 γέγονεν gegonen G1096 V-2RAI-3S to be γίνομαι a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.): arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
19 ὅτι hoti G3754 CONJ that/since ὅτι neuter of ὅστις as conjunction; demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because: as concerning that, as though, because (that), for (that), how (that), (in) that, though, why.
20 πρῶτός prōtos G4413 A-NSM first πρῶτος contracted superlative of πρό; foremost (in time, place, order or importance): before, beginning, best, chief(-est), first (of all), former.
21 μου mou G1473 P-1GS I/we ἐγώ a primary pronoun of the first person I (only expressed when emphatic): I, me. For the other cases and the plural see ἐμέ, ἐμοί, ἐμοῦ, ἡμᾶς, ἡμεῖς, ἡμῖν, ἡμῶν, etc.
22 ἦν ēn G1510 V-IAI-3S to be εἰμί the first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist (used only when emphatic): am, have been, X it is I, was. See also εἶ, εἴην, εἶναι, εἷς καθ’ εἷς, ἦν, ἔσομαι, ἐσμέν, ἐστέ, εἰμί0, εἰμί1, εἰμί2, εἰμί3.