ὁ δὲ ἔφη· πιστεύω, κύριε (John 9:38)

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Title:  And He Was Saying, “I Am Believing, Lord”

The text is, “ὁ δὲ ἔφη· πιστεύω, κύριε· καὶ προσεκύνησεν αὐτῷ”.

“ὁ”:  masculine, singular, nominative article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.

“δὲ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

“ἔφη”:  third person, singular, imperfect, active, indicative verb meaning “he was saying”.

“πιστεύω”:  first person, singular, present, active, indicative verb meaning “I am believing”.

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

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

“προσεκύνησεν”:  third person, singular, aorist, active, indicative verb meaning “he worshiped”.

“αὐτῷ”:  third person, personal, masculine, singular, dative pronoun meaning “him”.

The meaning of this verse is,

And he was saying, “I am believing, Lord.”  And he worshiped him.”

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