καὶ τὸ φῶς ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ φαίνει, καὶ ἡ σκοτία αὐτὸ οὐ κατέλαβεν (John 1:5)

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Title:  And the Light Shines in the Darkness, and the Darkness Has Not Overcome It

The text is, “καὶ τὸ φῶς ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ φαίνει, καὶ ἡ σκοτία αὐτὸ οὐ κατέλαβεν”.

καὶ -> coordinating additive conjunction -> and

τὸ -> neuter, singular, nominative article -> the

φῶς -> neuter, singular, nominative noun -> light

ἐν -> preposition taking the dative for its object word -> in

τῇ -> feminine, singular, dative article -> the

σκοτίᾳ -> feminine, singular, dative noun -> darkness

φαίνει -> third person, singular, present, active, indicative verb -> shines

καὶ -> coordinating additive conjunction -> and

ἡ -> feminine, singular, nominative article -> the

σκοτία -> feminine, singular, nominative noun -> darkness

αὐτὸ -> third person, personal, masculine, singular, accusative pronoun -> it

οὐ -> negative particle -> not

κατέλαβεν -> third person, singular, aorist, active, indicative verb -> has overcome

The meaning of this verse is,

And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

καὶ τὸ φῶς ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ φαίνει, καὶ ἡ σκοτία αὐτὸ οὐ κατέλαβεν (John 1:5) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.