John 1:23

The greek text ^BETA

Nestle-Aland and Textus Receptus

Manuscript comments

The greek text has 16 words. There is no difference between NA and TR in this verse.

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ἔφη·
He was saying, ἐγὼ
I [am] φωνὴ
a voice βοῶντος
crying ἐν
in τῇ
the ἐρήμῳ·
wilderness, εὐθύνατε
do make straight τὴν
the ὁδὸν
way κυρίου·
of [the] Lord,’” καθὼς
as εἶπεν
said Ἠσαΐας
Isaiah ὁ
the προφήτης.
prophet.

Interlinear — table

Below is an interlinear version in table form that follows the word order of the original text. Clicking on the Strongs number will show the words in their basic form (note that sometimes the grammar causes not only the endings to change, but also the initial letters of the word).

Strongs nr	Greek	English	Grammar	Code
G5346	ἔφη· (ephe.)	He was saying,	VERB Verb imp. active ind. imperfect active indicative sing. third person singular	V-IAI-3S
G1473	ἐγὼ (ego)	I [am]	Personal Pron. Personal Pronoun nom. sing. first person Nominative singular	P-1NS
G5456	φωνὴ (phone)	a voice	Noun Noun nom. sing. ♀ Nominative singular feminine	N-NSF
G0994	βοῶντος (boontos)	crying	VERB Verb pres. active part. present active Participle genitive sing. ♂ genitive singular masculine	V-PAP-GSM
G1722	ἐν (en)	in	Preposition Preposition	PREP
G3588	τῇ (te)	the	Definite article Definite article dative sing. ♀ dative singular feminine	T-DSF
G2048	ἐρήμῳ· (eremo.)	wilderness,	Adjective Adjective dative sing. ♀ dative singular feminine	A-DSF
G2116	εὐθύνατε (eythynate)	do make straight	VERB Verb aorist active imp. aorist active imperative pl. second person plural	V-AAM-2P
G3588	τὴν (ten)	the	Definite article Definite article acc. sing. ♀ accusative singular feminine	T-ASF
G3598	ὁδὸν (odon)	way	Noun Noun acc. sing. ♀ accusative singular feminine	N-ASF
G2962	κυρίου· (kyrioy.)	of [the] Lord,’”	Noun Noun gen. sing. ♂ genitive singular masculine	N-GSM
G2531	καθὼς (kathos)	as	Conj. Conjunktion	CONJ
G2036	εἶπεν (eipen)	said	VERB Verb 2nd aorist active ind. second aorist active indicative sing. third person singular	V-2AAI-3S
G2268	Ἠσαΐας (Esaias)	Isaiah	Noun Noun nom. sing. ♂ Nominative singular masculine Person (Person)	N-NSM-P
G3588	ὁ (o)	the	Definite article Definite article nom. sing. ♂ Nominative singular masculine	T-NSM
G4396	προφήτης. (prophetes.)	prophet.	Noun Noun nom. sing. ♂ Nominative singular masculine	N-NSM

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