τὸ πνεῦμα ὅπου θέλει πνεῖ (John 3:8)

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Title -> The Spirit Blows Where He Wishes

The text “is, τὸ πνεῦμα ὅπου θέλει πνεῖ καὶ τὴν φωνὴν αὐτοῦ ἀκούεις, ἀλλ’ οὐκ οἶδας πόθεν ἔρχεται καὶ ποῦ ὑπάγει· οὕτως ἐστὶν πᾶς ὁ γεγεννημένος ἐκ τοῦ πνεύματος”.

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

πνεῦμα -> neuter, singular, nominative noun -> Spirit

ὅπου -> adverb of place -> where

θέλει -> third person, singular, present, active, indicative verb -> he wishes

πνεῖ -> third person, singular, present, active, indicative verb -> blows

καὶ -> coordinating conjunction -> and

τὴν -> feminine, singular, accusative article -> the

φωνὴν -> feminine, singular, accusative noun -> voice or sound

αὐτοῦ -> third person, personal, neuter, singular, genitive pronoun -> of it

ἀκούεις -> second person, singular, present, active, indicative verb -> you hear or you heed

ἀλλ’ -> coordinating adversative conjunction -> but

οὐκ -> negative particle -> not

οἶδας -> second person, singular, perfect, active, indicative verb -> you do know

πόθεν -> interrogative particle -> from where

ἔρχεται -> third person, singular, present, middle, indicative verb -> it comes

καὶ -> coordinating conjunction -> and

ποῦ -> interrogative article -> where

ὑπάγει -> third person, singular, present, active, indicative verb -> it goes

οὕτως -> demonstrative adverb -> so

ἐστὶν -> third person, singular, present, indicative verb -> is

πᾶς -> masculine, singular, nominative adjective -> everyone

ὁ -> masculine, singular, nominative article -> who

γεγεννημένος -> perfect, passive, participial, masculine, singular, nominative -> was being born

ἐκ -> preposition taking the genitive for its object word → of

τοῦ -> neuter, singular, genitive article -> the

πνεύματος -> neuter, singular, genitive noun -> Spirit

The meaning of this verse is,

“The Spirit blows where he wishes, and you heed the sound of it, but you do not know from where it comes and where it goes, so is everyone who was being born from the Spirit.”

 

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