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

Art thou

גָּדוֹל

gâdôwl

H1419

great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent

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than our

אָב

ʼâb

H1

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

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יַעֲקֹב

Yaʻăqôb

H3290

Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch

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which

נָתַן

nâthan

H5414

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

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us the

יָטַב

yâṭab

H3190

to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)

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and

שָׁתָה

shâthâh

H8354

to imbibe (literally or figuratively)

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חָלַל

châlal

H2490

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 (...

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נֶפֶשׁ

nephesh

H5315

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...

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and his

בֵּן

bên

H1121

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...

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and his

מִקְנֶה

miqneh

H4735

something bought, i.e. property, but only livestock; abstractly, acquisition

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Key Terms in This Verse

drank H8354

שָׁתָה shâthâh

to imbibe (literally or figuratively)

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greater H1419

גָּדוֹל gâdôwl

great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent

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cattle H4735

מִקְנֶה miqneh

something bought, i.e. property, but only livestock; abstractly, acquisition

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well H3190

יָטַב yâṭab

to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)

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Jacob H3290

יַעֲקֹב Yaʻăqôb

Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch

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gave H5414

נָתַן nâthan

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

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himself H5315

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)

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thereof H2490

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)

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father H1

אָב ʼâb

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

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children H1121

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.)

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