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The womanἡ γυνὴansweredἀπεκρίθηandκαὶsaidεἶπενto him,αὐτῷ“I haveἔχωnoΟὐκhusband.”ἄνδραJesusὁ Ἰησοῦςsaysλέγειto her,αὐτῇ“You have saidεἶπαςwell,Καλῶς‘I haveἔχωnoοὐκhusband’;Ἄνδρα
John 4:17
Study it in the app“The woman answered and said to him, “I have no husband.” Jesus says to her, “You have said well, ‘I have no husband’;”
With the Greek beneath
John 4:17, word by word
- The womanγυνὴgynē
woman
An adult female person; when addressing her, a respectful form.
Where else “gynē” appears- answeredἀπεκρίθηapekrithē
answer
To say something back to the one who spoke or asked.
Where else “apekrithē” appears- saidεἶπενeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- “I haveἔχωechō
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echō” appears- husbandἄνδραandra
husband
The married man, his wife's partner.
Where else “andra” appears- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous
Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsous” appears- wellΚαλῶςKalōs
well
Well, rightly.
Where else “Kalōs” appears
The context
16He says to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.”
17 · This verse (above)
18for you have had five husbands, and the one you have now is not your husband. What you have said is true.”
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?