John 4:12
New Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
יַעֲקֹב
Yaʻăqôb
Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
יָטַב
yâṭab
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
שָׁתָה
shâthâh
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
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 (...
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
מִקְנֶה
miqneh
something bought, i.e. property, but only livestock; abstractly, acquisition
Key Terms in This Verse
מִקְנֶה miqneh
something bought, i.e. property, but only livestock; abstractly, acquisition
Study H4735 →יָטַב yâṭab
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
Study H3190 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →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 (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)
Study H2490 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →בֵּן bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
Study H1121 →Cross References
Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?
The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greate...
For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house.
Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.
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