John 3:9
New Testament • 4 words with Strong's data
"Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
Νικόδημος
Nikódēmos
victorious among his people; Nicodemus, an Israelite
עָנָה
ʻânâh
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, ...
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Key Terms in This Verse
Νικόδημος Nikódēmos
victorious among his people; Nicodemus, an Israelite
Study G3530 →עָנָה ʻânâh
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce
Study H6030 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →Cross References
Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?
Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do ...
Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?
But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
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