John 3:8
New Testament • 15 words with Strong's data
"The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit."
Word-by-Word Analysis
רוּחַ
rûwach
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the ...
μάλιστα
málista
(adverbially) most (in the greatest degree) or particularly
שָׁמַע
shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
חָלַל
châlal
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (...
יָכֹל
yâkôl
to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
נָגַד
nâgad
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to o...
אַיִן
ʼayin
where? (only in connection with prepositional prefix, whence)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
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)
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
יָלַד
yâlad
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
רוּחַ
rûwach
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the ...
Key Terms in This Verse
μάλιστα málista
(adverbially) most (in the greatest degree) or particularly
Study G3122 →שָׁמַע shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
Study H8085 →רוּחַ rûwach
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational...
Study H7307 →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 →יָלַד yâlad
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
Study H3205 →Cross References
For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.
And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
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