John 17:3
New Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent."
Word-by-Word Analysis
חַי
chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...
קֶדֶם
qedem
the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)
יָדַע
yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...
אֶמֶת
ʼemeth
stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
Ἰησοῦς
Iēsoûs
Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
Χριστός
Christós
anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
שָׁלַח
shâlach
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
Key Terms in This Verse
קֶדֶם qedem
the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)
Study H6924 →חַי chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
Study H2416 →שָׁלַח shâlach
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
Study H7971 →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 →Ἰησοῦς Iēsoûs
Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
Study G2424 →אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a supe...
Study H430 →Cross References
O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the ...
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and th...
For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.
I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.
But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.
And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;
He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me.
Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?
But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.
Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.
As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?
And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.
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