John 6:30
New Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
אוֹת
ʼôwth
a signal (literally or figuratively), as aflag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
אָמַן
ʼâman
properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanen...
μέλω
mélō
to be of interest to, i.e. to concern (only third person singular present indicative used impersonally, it matters)
מַעֲשֶׂה
maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
Key Terms in This Verse
עָשָׂה ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
Study H6213 →μέλω mélō
to be of interest to, i.e. to concern (only third person singular present indicative used impersonally, it matters)
Study G3199 →אוֹת ʼôwth
a signal (literally or figuratively), as aflag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.
Study H226 →אָמַן ʼâman
properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain;
Study H539 →מַעֲשֶׂה maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
Study H4639 →רָאָה râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Study H7200 →כֵּן kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)
Study H3651 →Cross References
But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him:
But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.
For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.
And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.
And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the LORD hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.
Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?
The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD.
By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.
And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.
Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him.
That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!
(For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)
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