Bible Verse Dictionary
1 John 2:3 - Commandments
Verse | Strongs No. | Greek | |
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And | G2532 | καί |
[Conjunction] and also: even so: then too etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words |
hereby | G1722 | ἐν |
[Preposition]
|
we do know | G1097 | γινώσκω |
[Verb] to |
that | G3754 | ὅτι |
[Conjunction] demonstrative that (sometimes redundant); causatively because |
we know | G1097 | γινώσκω |
[Verb] to |
him | G846 | αὐτός |
backward); the reflexive pronoun self used (alone or in the compound of G1438) of the third person and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons |
if | G1437 | ἐάν |
[Conjunction] a conditional particle; in case that provided etc.; often used in connection with other particles to denote indefiniteness or uncertainty |
we keep | G5083 | τηρέω |
[Verb] perhaps akin to G2334); to guard (from loss or injury properly by keeping the eye upon; and thus differing from G5442 which is properly to prevent escaping; and from G2892 which implies a fortress or full military lines of apparatus) that is to note (a prophecy; figuratively to fulfil a command); by implication to detain (in custody; figuratively to maintain); by extension to withhold (for personal ends; figuratively to keep unmarried) |
his | G848 | αὑτοῦ |
self (in some oblique case or reflexive relation) |
commandments | G1785 | ἐντολή |
[Noun Feminine] injunction that is an authoritative prescription |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.