John 8:12

New Testament • 10 words with Strong's data

"Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life."

Word-by-Word Analysis

Then

דָבַר

dâbar

H1696

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

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Ἰησοῦς

Iēsoûs

G2424

Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites

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again unto them

אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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I am the

אוֹר

ʼôwr

H216

illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)

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of the

תֵּבֵל

têbêl

H8398

the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a particular land, as Babylonia,...

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he that

רָדַף

râdaph

H7291

to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)

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me shall not

יָלַךְ

yâlak

H3212

to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)

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in

חֹשֶׁךְ

chôshek

H2822

the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness

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but shall have the

אוֹר

ʼôwr

H216

illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)

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of

חַי

chay

H2416

alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...

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Key Terms in This Verse

followeth H7291

רָדַף râdaph

to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)

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darkness H2822

חֹשֶׁךְ chôshek

the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness

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walk H3212

יָלַךְ yâlak

to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)

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light H216

אוֹר ʼôwr

illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)

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light H216

אוֹר ʼôwr

illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)

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world H8398

תֵּבֵל têbêl

the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a particular land, as Babylonia, Palestine

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life H2416

חַי chay

alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively

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spake H1696

דָבַר dâbar

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

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Jesus G2424

Ἰησοῦς Iēsoûs

Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites

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saying H559

אָמַר ʼâmar

to say (used with great latitude)

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Cross References

John 12:46 cross-reference

I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.

John 9:5 cross-reference

As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

John 12:35 cross-reference

Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.

Matthew 5:14 cross-reference

Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

Job 33:28 cross-reference

He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.

Psalm 18:28 cross-reference

For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.

John 3:19 cross-reference

And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

Isaiah 9:2 cross-reference

The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

2 Peter 2:4 cross-reference

For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

Isaiah 50:10 cross-reference

Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.

Psalm 97:11 cross-reference

Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

Acts 13:47 cross-reference

For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.

Isaiah 49:6 cross-reference

And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou...

John 14:6 cross-reference

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Acts 26:23 cross-reference

That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.

Malachi 4:2 cross-reference

But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.

Revelation 21:24 cross-reference

And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.

John 7:17 cross-reference

If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.

Luke 2:32 cross-reference

A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.

Hosea 6:3 cross-reference

Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.

Jude 1:13 cross-reference

Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

Jude 1:6 cross-reference

And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

2 Peter 2:17 cross-reference

These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.

Psalm 49:19 cross-reference

He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.

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