πιστεύων εἰς ἐμέ, καθὼς εἶπεν ἡ γραφή (John 7:38)

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Title:  The One Believing in Me, Just as the Scripture Says

The text is, “πιστεύων εἰς ἐμέ, καθὼς εἶπεν ἡ γραφή, ποταμοὶ ἐκ τῆς κοιλίας αὐτοῦ ῥεύσουσιν ὕδατος ζῶντος”.

“πιστεύων”:  present, active, participial, masculine, singular, nominative verb meaning “the one believing”.

“εἰς”:  preposition taking the accusative for its object word and meaning “in”.

“ἐμέ”:  first person, personal, singular, accusative pronoun meaning “me”.

“καθὼς”:  subordinating comparative conjunction meaning “just as”.

“εἶπεν”:  third person, singular, aorist, active, indicative verb meaning “said”.

“ἡ”:  feminine, singular, nominative article meaning “the”.

“γραφή”:  feminine, singular, nominative noun meaning “scripture”.

“ποταμοὶ”:  third person, masculine, plural, nominative noun meaning “rivers”.

“ἐκ”:  preposition taking the genitive for its object word and meaning “from” or “out of”.

“τῆς”:  feminine, singular, genitive article meaning “the”.

“κοιλίας”:  feminine, singular, genitive noun meaning “inner self”.

“αὐτοῦ”:  third person, personal, masculine, singular, genitive pronoun meaning “his”.

“ῥεύσουσιν”:  third person, plural, future, active, indicative verb meaning “will overflow”.

“ὕδατος”:  neuter, singular, genitive noun meaning “water”.

“ζῶντος”:  present, active, participial, neuter, singular, genitive verb meaning “living”.

The meaning of this verse is,

The one believing in me, just as the scripture said, out of his inner self will overflow living water.”

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