ἀπεκρίθη ἐκεῖνος καὶ εἶπεν (John 9:36)

The estimated reading time for this post is 37 seconds

Title:  He Answered and Said

The text is, “ἀπεκρίθη ἐκεῖνος καὶ εἶπεν· καὶ τίς ἐστιν, κύριε, ἵνα πιστεύσω εἰς αὐτόν”.

“ἀπεκρίθη”:  third person, singular, aorist, active, indicative verb meaning “answered”.

“ἐκεῖνος”:  masculine, singular, nominative, demonstrative pronoun meaning “he”.

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

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

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “but”.

“τίς”:  masculine, singular, nominative, interrogative pronoun meaning “who”.

“ἐστιν”:  third person, singular, present, indicative verb meaning “he is”.

“κύριε”:  masculine, singular, vocative noun meaning “Lord”.

“ἵνα”:  subordinating purposive conjunction meaning “that” or “so that”.

“πιστεύσω”:  first person, singular, aorist, subjunctive verb meaning “I might believe”.

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

“αὐτόν”:  third person, personal, masculine, singular, accusative pronoun meaning “him”.

The meaning of this verse is,

He answered and said, “But who is he, Lord, that I might believe in him?”

Print Friendly, PDF & Email

CC BY 4.0 ἀπεκρίθη ἐκεῖνος καὶ εἶπεν (John 9:36) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Post Navigation