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

And this is

חַי

chay

H2416

alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...

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קֶדֶם

qedem

H6924

the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)

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that they might

יָדַע

yâdaʻ

H3045

to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...

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thee the only

אֶמֶת

ʼemeth

H571

stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness

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אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym

H430

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...

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and

Ἰησοῦς

Iēsoûs

G2424

Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites

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Χριστός

Christós

G5547

anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus

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whom thou hast

שָׁלַח

shâlach

H7971

to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)

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Key Terms in This Verse

eternal H6924

קֶדֶם qedem

the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)

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true H571

אֶמֶת ʼemeth

stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness

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life H2416

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

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Christ G5547

Χριστός Christós

anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus

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sent H7971

שָׁלַח shâlach

to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)

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know H3045

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...

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Jesus G2424

Ἰησοῦς Iēsoûs

Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites

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God H430

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...

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Cross References

John 17:25 cross-reference

O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.

John 3:17 cross-reference

For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

Hosea 6:3 cross-reference

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.

1 Chronicles 28:9 cross-reference

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 ...

Isaiah 61:1 cross-reference

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...

John 3:34 cross-reference

For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.

John 17:23 cross-reference

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.

John 17:21 cross-reference

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.

2 Corinthians 4:6 cross-reference

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.

2 Thessalonians 1:8 cross-reference

In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

John 17:8 cross-reference

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.

John 14:26 cross-reference

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.

John 8:19 cross-reference

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.

Psalm 9:10 cross-reference

And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

1 Thessalonians 1:9 cross-reference

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;

Isaiah 53:11 cross-reference

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.

1 Corinthians 15:34 cross-reference

Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.

Jeremiah 10:10 cross-reference

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.

Isaiah 48:16 cross-reference

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.

John 10:36 cross-reference

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?

John 7:29 cross-reference

But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.

2 Chronicles 15:3 cross-reference

Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.

John 6:57 cross-reference

As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.

John 5:44 cross-reference

How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?

John 11:42 cross-reference

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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