ἡ γυνὴ ὅταν τίκτῃ λύπην ἔχει ὅτι ἦλθεν ἡ ὥρα αὐτῆς (John 16:21)

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Title:  The Woman, When She Shall Give Birth, Has Sorrow Because Her Hour Has Come,

The text is, “ἡ γυνὴ ὅταν τίκτῃ λύπην ἔχει ὅτι ἦλθεν ἡ ὥρα αὐτῆς ὅταν δὲ γεννήσῃ τὸ παιδίον οὐκέτι μνημονεύει τῆς θλίψεως διὰ τὴν χαρὰν ὅτι ἐγεννήθη ἄνθρωπος εἰς τὸν κόσμον”.

ἡ -> feminine, singular, nominative article -> the

γυνὴ -> feminine, singular, nominative noun -> woman

ὅταν -> subordinating temporal conjunction -> when

τίκτῃ -> third person, singular, present, active, subjunctive verb -> she shall give birth

λύπην -> feminine, singular, accusative noun -> sorrow

ἔχει -> third person, singular, present, active, indicative verb -> has

ὅτι -> subordinating causative conjunction -> because | since

ἦλθεν -> third person, singular, aorist, active, indicative verb -> has come

ἡ -> feminine, singular, nominative article -> the NRIEH

ὥρα -> feminine, singular, nominative noun -> hour

αὐτῆς -> third person, personal, feminine, singular, genitive pronoun -> her

ὅταν -> subordinating temporal conjunction -> when

δὲ -> coordinating conjunction -> but

γεννήσῃ -> third person, singular, aorist, active, subjunctive verb -> shall have been delivered

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

παιδίον -> neuter, singular, accusative noun -> child

οὐκέτι -> temporal adverb -> no longer

μνημονεύει -> third person, singular, present, active, indicative verb -> she remembers

τῆς -> feminine, singular, genitive article -> the

θλίψεως -> feminine, singular, genitive noun -> distress | agony

διὰ -> preposition taking the accusative for its object word -> because of

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

χαρὰν -> feminine, singular, accusative noun -> joy

ὅτι -> subordinating complementary conjunction -> that

ἐγεννήθη -> third person, singular, aorist, passive, indicative verb -> was born

ἄνθρωπος -> masculine, singular, nominative noun -> a person

εἰς -> preposition taking the accusative for its object word -> into

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

κόσμον -> masculine, singular, accusative noun -> world

The meaning of this verse is,

The woman, when she shall give birth, has sorrow because her hour has come, but when the child shall have been delivered, she remembers the agony no longer, because of the joy that a person was born into the world.”

ἡ γυνὴ ὅταν τίκτῃ λύπην ἔχει ὅτι ἦλθεν ἡ ὥρα αὐτῆς (John 16:21) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.