John
John 4:20
20Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our | ἡμῶν | hēmōn | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural | G1473 I |
| fathers | πατέρες | pateres | Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural | G3962 father, Father, ancestor |
| worshiped | προσεκύνησαν | prosekynēsan | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural | G4352 I worship |
| on | ἐν | en | Preposition | G1722 in, on, among |
| this | τούτῳ | toutō | Demonstrative Pronoun - Dative Neuter Singular | G3778 this, he, she, it |
| mountain | ὄρει | orei | Noun - Dative Neuter Singular | G3735 a mountain |
| but | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| you | ὑμεῖς | hymeis | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Plural | G4771 you |
| say | λέγετε | legete | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural | G3004 I say, speak |
| that | ὅτι | hoti | Conjunction | G3754 that, since, because |
| the | ὁ | ho | Article - Nominative Masculine Singular | G3588 the |
| place | τόπος | topos | Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G5117 a place |
| where | ὅπου | hopou | Adverb | G3699 where, whither |
| must | δεῖ | dei | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G1163 it is necessary, inevitable |
| worship | προσκυνεῖν | proskynein | Verb - Present Infinitive Active | G4352 I worship |
| is | ἐστὶν | estin | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G1510 I am, exist |
| in | ἐν | en | Preposition | G1722 in, on, among |
| Jerusalem | Ἱεροσολύμοις | Hierosolymois | Noun - Dative Neuter Plural | G2414 Jerusalem |
Cross-references
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Deuteronomy 12:5–11 · Genesis 33:18–20 · 2 Chronicles 7:12 · Genesis 12:6–7 · Deuteronomy 11:29 · Deuteronomy 27:12
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.