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The womanἡ γυνήsaysλέγειto him,αὐτῷ“Sir,Κύριεyou haveἔχειςnoοὔτεbucket,ἄντλημαandκαὶthe wellτὸ φρέαρisἐστὶνdeep.βαθύWhereπόθενthenοὖνdo you getἔχειςthat livingτὸ ζῶνwater?τὸ ὕδωρ
John 4:11
Study it in the app“The woman says to him, “Sir, you have no bucket, and the well is deep. Where then do you get that living water?”
With the Greek beneath
John 4:11, word by word
- The womanγυνήgynē
woman
An adult female person; when addressing her, a respectful form.
Where else “gynē” appears- saysλέγειlegei
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legei” appears- “SirΚύριεKyrie
sir
A respectful way to address someone.
Where else “Kyrie” appears- you haveἔχειςecheis
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echeis” appears- noοὔτεoute
neither, nor
Neither, nor.
Where else “oute” appears- bucketἄντλημαantlēma
bucket
Something to draw water with: the bucket or jar let down into the well.
Where else “antlēma” appears- the wellφρέαρphrear
well
Well.
Where else “phrear” appears- isἐστὶνestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- deepβαθύbathy
deep
Deep.
Where else “bathy” appears- Whereπόθενpothen
from where?
From where? where from?
Where else “pothen” appears- that livingζῶνzōn
live
To have life in the body, or receive it again after dying.
Where else “zōn” appears- waterὕδωρhydōr
water of life
The water of life that Jesus gives.
Where else “hydōr” appears
The context
10Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who is saying to you, ‘Give me something to drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”
11 · This verse (above)
12Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, and his sons and his livestock?”
To study John 4 in a group
1. What it says
What does Jesus ask of the Samaritan woman at the well, and what does he offer her? (vv. 7-15)
2. What it means
Jesus says God seeks worshipers who worship “in spirit and truth.” What answer does he give to her question about the place? (vv. 20-24)
3. How I live it
The woman left her water jar and told others what had happened to her (vv. 28-29). Whom could you invite to “come and see” something good?