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Title: Has Not the Scripture Said
The text is, “οὐχ ἡ γραφὴ εἶπεν ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ σπέρματος Δαυὶδ καὶ ἀπὸ Βηθλέεμ τῆς κώμης ὅπου ἦν Δαυὶδ ἔρχεται ὁ χριστός”.
“οὐχ”: negative particle meaning “not”.
“ἡ”: feminine, singular, nominative article meaning “the”.
“γραφὴ”: feminine, singular, nominative noun meaning “scripture”.
“εἶπεν”: third person, singular, aorist, active, indicative verb meaning “has said”.
“ὅτι”: subordinating complementary conjunction meaning “that”.
“ἐκ”: preposition taking the genitive for its object word and meaning “from” or “out of”.
“τοῦ”: neuter, singular, genitive article meaning “the”.
“σπέρματος”: neuter, singular, genitive noun meaning “seed” or “offspring”.
“Δαυὶδ”: masculine, singular, genitive, proper noun meaning “of David”.
“καὶ”: coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.
“ἀπὸ”: preposition taking the genitive for its object word and meaning “from”.
“Βηθλέεμ”: feminine, singular, genitive, proper noun meaning “Bethlehem”.
“τῆς”: feminine, singular, genitive article meaning “the”.
“κώμης”: feminine, singular, genitive noun meaning “village”.
“ὅπου”: adverb of place meaning “where”.
“ἦν”: third person, singular, imperfect, indicative verb meaning “was”.
“Δαυὶδ”: masculine, singular, nominative, proper noun meaning “David”.
“ἔρχεται”: third person, singular, present, middle, indicative verb meaning “comes”.
“ὁ”: masculine, singular, nominative article meaning “the”.
“χριστός”: masculine, singular, nominative noun meaning “Christ”.
The meaning of this verse is,
Has not the Scripture said that of the offspring of David, and Bethlehem, the village where David was, the Christ comes?”
οὐχ ἡ γραφὴ εἶπεν (John 7:42) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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