Bible Verse Dictionary
John 18:23 - Why
Verse | Strongs No. | Greek | |
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Jesus | G2424 | Ἰησοῦς |
[Noun Masculine] Jesus (that is Jehoshua) the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites |
answered | G611 | ἀποκρίνομαι |
[Verb] to conclude for oneself that is (by implication) to respond; by Hebraism (compare [H6030]) to begin to speak (where an address is expected) |
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 | G1487 | εἰ |
[Conjunction] if whether: that etc. |
I have spoken | G2980 | λαλέω |
[Verb] to talk that is utter words |
evil | G2560 | κακῶς |
[Adverb] badly (physically or morally) |
bear witness | G3140 | μαρτυρέω |
[Verb] to be a witness that is testify (literally or figuratively) |
of | G4012 | περί |
[Preposition] properly through (all over) that is around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications of place cause or time (with the genitive case denoting the subject or occasion or superlative point; with the accusative case the locality circuit: matter circumstance or general period) |
the | G3588 | ὁ |
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied at others omitted in English idiom) |
evil | G2560 | κακῶς |
[Adverb] badly (physically or morally) |
but | G1161 | δέ |
[Conjunction] but and etc. |
if | G1487 | εἰ |
[Conjunction] if whether: that etc. |
well | G2573 | καλῶς |
[Adverb] well (usually morally) |
why | G5101 | τίς |
an interrogitive pronoun who: which or what (in direct or indirect questions) |
smitest | G1194 | δέρω |
[Verb] properly to flay that is (by implication) to scourge or (by analogy) to thrash |
thou me | G3165 | μέ |
me |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.