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Are youμὴ σὺ εἶgreaterμείζωνthan our fatherτοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶνJacob,Ἰακώβwhoὃςgaveἔδωκενusἡμῖνthe wellτὸ φρέαρandκαὶdrankἔπιενfromἐξitαὐτοῦhimself,αὐτὸςandκαὶhis sonsοἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦandκαὶhis livestock?”τὰ θρέμματα αὐτοῦ
John 4:12
Study it in the app“Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, and his sons and his livestock?””
With the Greek beneath
John 4:12, word by word
- Are youεἶei
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ei” appears- greaterμείζωνmeizōn
greater
Of greater importance or rank than the rest.
Where else “meizōn” appears- than our fatherπατρὸςpatros
forefather
An ancestor: Abraham as the founder of the family.
Where else “patros” appears- JacobἸακώβIakōb
Jacob
Jacob, son of Isaac, also called Israel; father of the twelve tribes.
Where else “Iakōb” appears- gaveἔδωκενedōken
give
To hand something to another freely, as a gift.
Where else “edōken” appears- the wellφρέαρphrear
well
Well.
Where else “phrear” appears- drankἔπιενepien
drink
To take water, wine or another liquid by mouth.
Where else “epien” appears- his sonsυἱοὶhuioi
son
A son.
Where else “huioi” appears- his livestockθρέμματαthremmata
livestock
Livestock; the animals one raises and feeds.
Where else “thremmata” appears
The context
11The woman says to him, “Sir, you have no bucket, and the well is deep. Where then do you get that living water?
12 · This verse (above)
13Jesus answered and said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again;
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?