“Ἐφανέρωσά σου τὸ ὄνομα τοῖς ἀνθρώποις οὓς ἔδωκάς μοι ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου (John 17:6)

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Title:  I Have Made Known to The People Whom You Gave to Me Out of The World

The text is, “Ἐφανέρωσά σου τὸ ὄνομα τοῖς ἀνθρώποις οὓς ἔδωκάς μοι ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου. σοὶ ἦσαν κἀμοὶ αὐτοὺς ἔδωκας καὶ τὸν λόγον σου τετήρηκα”.

Ἐφανέρωσά -> fjrst person, singular, aorist, active, indicative verb -> I have made known

σου -> second person, personal, singular, genitive pronoun -> your

τὸ -> neuter, singular, accusative article -> the NRIEH

ὄνομα -> neuter, singular, accusative noun -> name

τοῖς -> masculine, plural, dative article -> to the

ἀνθρώποις -> masculine, plural, dative noun -> people

οὓς -> masculine, plural, accusative, definite, relative pronoun -> whom

ἔδωκάς -> second person, singular, aorist, active, indicative verb -> you gave

μοι -> first person, personal, singular, dative pronoun -> to me

ἐκ -> preposition taking the genitive for its object word -> out of | from

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

κόσμου -> masculine, singular, genitive noun -> world

σοὶ -> second person, personal, singular, dative pronoun -> yours

ἦσαν -> third person, plural, imperfect, indicative verb -> they were

κἀμοὶ -> crasis of “καὶ” (coordinating conjunction -> and) and μοὶ (first person, personal, singular, dative pronoun -> to me) -> “and to me

αὐτοὺς -> third person, personal, masculine, plural, accusative pronoun -> them

ἔδωκας -> second person, singular, aorist, active, indicative verb -> you gave

καὶ -> coordinating conjunction -> and

τὸν -> masculine, singular, accusative article -> the NRIEH

λόγον -> masculine, singular, accusative noun -> word

σου -> second person, personal, plural, genitive pronoun -> your

τετήρηκα -> third person, plural, perfect, active, indicative verb -> have kept

The meaning of this verse is,

I have made known to the people whom you gave to me out of the world.  They were yours, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.

“Ἐφανέρωσά σου τὸ ὄνομα τοῖς ἀνθρώποις οὓς ἔδωκάς μοι ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου (John 17:6) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.