ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ ἦν καὶ ὁ κόσμος δι’ αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο καὶ ὁ κόσμος αὐτὸν οὐκ ἔγνω (John 1:10)

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Title:  He Was in The World, and the World Through Him Was Created, and The World Did Not Know Him

The text is, “ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ ἦν καὶ ὁ κόσμος δι’ αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο καὶ ὁ κόσμος αὐτὸν οὐκ ἔγνω”.

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

τῷ -> masculine, singular, dative article -> the

κόσμῳ -> masculine, singular, dative noun -> world

ἦν -> third person, singular, imperfect, indicative verb -> he was

καὶ -> coordinating additive conjunction -> and | yet | but

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

κόσμος -> masculine, singular, nominative noun -> world

δ -> preposition taking the genitive for its object word -> through

αὐτοῦ -> third person, personal, masculine, singular, genitive pronoun -> him

ἐγένετο -> third person, singular, aorist, middle, indicative verb -> was created

καὶ -> coordinating additive conjunction -> and

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

κόσμος -> masculine, singular, nominative noun -> world

αὐτὸν -> third person, personal, masculine, singular, accusative pronoun -> him

οὐκ -> negative particle -> not

ἔγνω -> third person, singular, aorist, active, indicative verb -> did know

The meaning of this verse is,

He was in the world, and the world through him was created, and the world did not know him.

CC BY 4.0 ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ ἦν καὶ ὁ κόσμος δι’ αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο καὶ ὁ κόσμος αὐτὸν οὐκ ἔγνω (John 1:10) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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