Parallel Strong's Berean Study Bible“We are Abraham’s descendants, they answered. “We have never been slaves to anyone. How can You say we will be set free? Young's Literal Translation They answered him, ‘Seed of Abraham we are; and to no one have we been servants at any time; how dost thou say—Ye shall become free?’ King James Bible They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free? Greek “We areἐσμεν (esmen) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. Abraham’s Ἀβραάμ (Abraam) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 11: Abraham, progenitor of the Hebrew race. Of Hebrew origin; Abraham, the Hebrew patriarch. descendants,” Σπέρμα (Sperma) Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular Strong's 4690: From speiro; something sown, i.e. Seed; by implication, offspring; specially, a remnant. they answered. Ἀπεκρίθησαν (Apekrithēsan) Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural Strong's 611: From apo and krino; to conclude for oneself, i.e. to respond; by Hebraism to begin to speak. “We have never been slaves δεδουλεύκαμεν (dedouleukamen) Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural Strong's 1398: To be a slave, be subject to, obey, be devoted. From doulos; to be a slave to. to [anyone]. οὐδενὶ (oudeni) Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 3762: No one, none, nothing. How πῶς (pōs) Adverb Strong's 4459: Adverb from the base of pou; an interrogative particle of manner; in what way?; also as exclamation, how much! {can} You σὺ (sy) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Singular Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. say λέγεις (legeis) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. [we] will be set γενήσεσθε (genēsesthe) Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 2nd Person Plural Strong's 1096: A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude. free?” Ἐλεύθεροι (Eleutheroi) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 1658: Free, delivered from obligation. Probably from the alternate of erchomai; unrestrained, i.e. not a slave, or exempt. |
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