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John 13:37
🇬🇷 KOINE GREEK

📖 King James Version

Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thy sake.

🔤 Interlinear Analysis — Greek (Abbott-Smith)

# Greek Transliteration Strong's Morphology Translation Definition
1 Λέγει Legei G3004 V-PAI-3S 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.
2 αὐτῷ autō G846 P-DSM 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.
3 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.
4 Πέτρος Petros G4074 N-NSM-P Peter Πέτρος apparently a primary word; a (piece of) rock (larger than λίθος); as a name, Petrus, an apostle: Peter, rock. Compare Κηφᾶς.
5 Κύριε Kyrie G2962 N-VSM lord κύριος from kuros (supremacy); supreme in authority, i.e. (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title): God, Lord, master, Sir.
6 διὰ dia G1223 PREP through/because of διά a primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional): after, always, among, at, to avoid, because of (that), briefly, by, for (cause) … fore, from, in, by occasion of, of, by reason of, for sake, that, thereby, therefore, X though, through(-out), to, wherefore, with (-in). In composition it retains the same general importance.
7 τί ti G5101 I-ASN which? τίς probably emphatic of τὶς; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions): every man, how (much), + no(-ne, thing), what (manner, thing), where (-by, -fore, -of, -unto, - with, -withal), whether, which, who(-m, -se), why.
8 οὐ ou G3756 PRT-N no οὐ, also (before a vowel) ouk, and (before an aspirate) ouch a primary word; the absolute negative (compare μή) adverb; no or not: + long, nay, neither, never, no (X man), none, (can-)not, + nothing, + special, un(-worthy), when, + without, + yet but. See also οὐ μή, μῆκος.
9 δύναμαί dynamai G1410 V-PNI-1S be able δύναμαι of uncertain affinity; to be able or possible: be able, can (do, + -not), could, may, might, be possible, be of power.
10 σοι soi G4771 P-2DS you σύ the personal pronoun of the second person singular; thou: thou. See also σέ, σοί, σοῦ; and for the plural ὑμᾶς, ὑμεῖς, ὑμῖν, ὑμῶν.
11 ἀκολουθῆσαι akolouthēsai G190 V-AAN to follow ἀκολουθέω from Α (as a particle of union) and keleuthos (a road); properly, to be in the same way with, i.e. to accompany (specially, as a disciple): follow, reach.
12 ἄρτι arti G737 ADV now ἄρτι adverb from a derivative of αἴρω (compare ἄρτος) through the idea of suspension; just now: this day (hour), hence(-forth), here(-after), hither(-to), (even) now, (this) present.
13 τὴν tēn G3588 T-ASF 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.
14 ψυχήν psychēn G5590 N-ASF soul ψυχή from ψύχω; breath, i.e. (by implication) spirit, abstractly or concretely (the animal sentient principle only; thus distinguished on the one hand from πνεῦμα, which is the rational and immortal soul; and on the other from ζωή, which is mere vitality, even of plants: these terms thus exactly correspond respectively to the Hebrew נָ֫פֶשׁ, ר֫וּחַ and חָי): heart (+ -ily), life, mind, soul, + us, + you.
15 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.
16 ὑπὲρ hyper G5228 PREP above/for ὑπέρ a primary preposition; "over", i.e. (with the genitive case) of place, above, beyond, across, or causal, for the sake of, instead, regarding; with the accusative case superior to, more than: (+ exceeding, abundantly) above, in (on) behalf of, beyond, by, + very chiefest, concerning, exceeding (above, -ly), for, + very highly, more (than), of, over, on the part of, for sake of, in stead, than, to(-ward), very. In the comparative, it retains many of the above applications.
17 σοῦ sou G4771 P-2GS you σύ the personal pronoun of the second person singular; thou: thou. See also σέ, σοί, σοῦ; and for the plural ὑμᾶς, ὑμεῖς, ὑμῖν, ὑμῶν.
18 θήσω thēsō G5087 V-FAI-1S to place τίθημι, a prolonged form of a primary theo (which is used only as alternate in certain tenses); to place (in the widest application, literally and figuratively; properly, in a passive or horizontal posture, and thus different from ἵστημι, which properly denotes an upright and active position, while κεῖμαι is properly reflexive and utterly prostrate): + advise, appoint, bow, commit, conceive, give, X kneel down, lay (aside, down, up), make, ordain, purpose, put, set (forth), settle, sink down.