John 12:35
New Testament • 17 words with Strong's data
"Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth."
Word-by-Word Analysis
Ἰησοῦς
Iēsoûs
Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
עוֹד
ʻôwd
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
מְעַט
mᵉʻaṭ
a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)
עַד
ʻad
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
אוֹר
ʼôwr
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
עַד
ʻad
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
אוֹר
ʼôwr
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
בִּלְתִּי
biltîy
properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because no...
חֹשֶׁךְ
chôshek
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
הָלַךְ
hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
חֹשֶׁךְ
chôshek
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
יָדַע
yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
הָלַךְ
hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Key Terms in This Verse
הָלַךְ hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Study H1980 →יָדַע yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, in...
Study H3045 →אֲשֶׁר ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
Study H834 →הָלַךְ hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Study H1980 →חֹשֶׁךְ chôshek
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
Study H2822 →חֹשֶׁךְ chôshek
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
Study H2822 →יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Study H3212 →עַד ʻad
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
Study H5704 →עַד ʻad
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
Study H5704 →בִּלְתִּי biltîy
properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until, etc.
Study H1115 →Cross References
I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.
For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.
While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.
O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.
Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me.
But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.
The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
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