| NASB © | Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Definition | Origin | | He was not the Light, | φῶς | phōs | 5457 | light | cont. of phaos (light, daylight); from the same as phainó |
| but [he came] to testify | μαρτυρήσῃ | marturēsē | 3140 | to bear witness, testify | from martus |
| about | περὶ | peri | 4012 | about, concerning, around (denotes place, cause or subject) | a prim. preposition |
| the Light. | φωτός | phōtos | 5457 | light | cont. of phaos (light, daylight); from the same as phainó |
| KJV Lexicon ουκ particle - nominative ou  oo: no or not -- + long, nay, neither, never, no (man), none, (can-)not, + nothing, + special, un(-worthy), when, + without, + yet but. ην verb - imperfect indicative - third person singular en  ane: I (thou, etc.) was (wast or were) -- + agree, be, have (+ charge of), hold, use, was(-t), were. εκεινος demonstrative pronoun - nominative singular masculine ekeinos  ek-i'-nos: that one (or (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed -- he, it, the other (same), selfsame, that (same, very), their, them, they, this, those. το definite article - nominative singular neuter ho  ho: the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) -- the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc. φως noun - nominative singular neuter phos  foce: luminousness (in the widest application, natural or artificial, abstract or concrete, literal or figurative) -- fire, light. αλλ conjunction alla  al-lah': other things, i.e. (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations) -- and, but (even), howbeit, indeed, nay, nevertheless, no, notwithstanding, save, therefore, yea, yet. ινα conjunction hina  hin'-ah: in order that (denoting the purpose or the result) -- albeit, because, to the intent (that), lest, so as, (so) that, (for) to. μαρτυρηση verb - aorist active subjunctive - third person singular martureo  mar-too-reh'-o: to be a witness, i.e. testify περι preposition peri  per-ee': through (all over), i.e. around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time του definite article - genitive singular neuter ho  ho: the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) -- the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc. φωτος noun - genitive singular neuter phos  foce: luminousness (in the widest application, natural or artificial, abstract or concrete, literal or figurative) -- fire, light. |
New American Standard (©1995) He was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light.King James Bible He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. American King James Version He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. American Standard Version He was not the light, but came that he might bear witness of the light. Darby Bible Translation He was not the light, but that he might witness concerning the light. English Revised Version He was not the light, but came that he might bear witness of the light. Webster's Bible Translation He was not that Light, but was sent to bear testimony of that Light. World English Bible He was not the light, but was sent that he might testify about the light. Young's Literal Translation that one was not the Light, but -- that he might testify about the Light. ΚΑΤΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ 1:8 Greek NT: Westcott/Hort with Diacritics οὐκ ἦν ἐκεῖνος τὸ φῶς ἀλλ’ ἵνα μαρτυρήσῃ περὶ τοῦ φωτός. ΚΑΤΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ 1:8 Greek NT: Greek Orthodox Church οὐκ ἦν ἐκεῖνος τὸ φῶς, ἀλλ’ ἵνα μαρτυρήσῃ περὶ τοῦ φωτός. ΚΑΤΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ 1:8 Greek NT: Tischendorf 8th Ed. with Diacritics οὐκ ἦν ἐκεῖνος τὸ φῶς, ἀλλ’ ἵνα μαρτυρήσῃ περὶ τοῦ φωτός. ΚΑΤΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ 1:8 Greek NT: Stephanus Textus Receptus (1550, with accents) οὐκ ἦν ἐκεῖνος τὸ φῶς ἀλλ' ἵνα μαρτυρήσῃ περὶ τοῦ φωτός ΚΑΤΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ 1:8 Greek NT: Byzantine/Majority Text (2000) ουκ ην εκεινος το φως αλλ ινα μαρτυρηση περι του φωτος ΚΑΤΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ 1:8 Greek NT: Textus Receptus (1894) ουκ ην εκεινος το φως αλλ ινα μαρτυρηση περι του φωτος Latin: Biblia Sacra Vulgata non erat ille lux sed ut testimonium perhiberet de lumine
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