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A womanγυνὴofἐκSamariaτῆς ΣαμαρείαςcomesἜρχεταιto drawἀντλῆσαιwater.ὕδωρJesusὁ Ἰησοῦςsaysλέγειto her,αὐτῇ“GiveΔόςmeμοιsomethingto drink.”πεῖν
John 4:7
Study it in the app“A woman of Samaria comes to draw water. Jesus says to her, “Give me something to drink.””
With the Greek beneath
John 4:7, word by word
- A womanγυνὴgynē
woman
An adult female person; when addressing her, a respectful form.
Where else “gynē” appears- SamariaΣαμαρείαςSamareias
Samaria
See it on the mapWhere else “Samareias” appears- comesἜρχεταιErchetai
come
To move to where someone is or to a place, and be present there.
Where else “Erchetai” appears- to drawἀντλῆσαιantlēsai
draw (water)
Draw water.
Where else “antlēsai” appears- waterὕδωρhydōr
water
The liquid of rivers, wells and rain, for drinking and washing.
Where else “hydōr” 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- saysλέγειlegei
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legei” appears- “GiveΔόςDos
give
To hand something to another freely, as a gift.
Where else “Dos” appears- to drinkπεῖνpein
drink
To take water, wine or another liquid by mouth.
Where else “pein” appears
Places in this verse
Samaria
Today: northern West Bank (Sebastia, Samaria hills)
A city and region in central Israel, between Judea and Galilee.
Omri founded the city as capital of the northern kingdom (1 Kgs 16:24); the Assyrians conquered it (2 Kgs 17:6). Jesus passed through the region, and Philip preached there (John 4:4; Acts 8:5).
The context
6Jacob’s well was there. So Jesus, tired from the journey, was sitting like that by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
7 · This verse (above)
8For his disciples had gone away into the town to buy food.
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?