John

John 6:31

³¹Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’^d”

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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
ate	ἔφαγον	ephagon	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural	G5315 I eat
the	τὸ	to	Article - Accusative Neuter Singular	G3588 the
manna	μάννα	manna	Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular	G3131 manna
in	ἐν	en	Preposition	G1722 in, on, among
the	τῇ	tē	Article - Dative Feminine Singular	G3588 the
wilderness	ἐρήμῳ	erēmō	Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular	G2048 deserted, desolate, a desert
as	καθώς	kathōs	Adverb	G2531 just as, as
it is	ἐστιν	estin	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G1510 I am, exist
written	γεγραμμένον	gegrammenon	Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Neuter Singular	G1125 I write
He gave	ἔδωκεν	edōken	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G1325 I offer, give
them	αὐτοῖς	autois	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural	G846 he, she, it, they, them, same
bread	Ἄρτον	Arton	Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular	G740 bread, a loaf, food
from	ἐκ	ek	Preposition	G1537 from out, out from among, from
heaven	οὐρανοῦ	ouranou	Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular	G3772 the sky, the heaven
to eat	φαγεῖν	phagein	Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active	G5315 I eat

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.