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John 3:4

Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?

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λέγειlegeisaithλέγω (legō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “saith”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.saithπρὸςprosuntoπρόςpreposition — “unto”G4314to, towards, with.untoαὐτὸνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ΝικόδημοςnikodēmosNicodemusΝικόδημοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Nicodemus”, the subject formG3530Nicodemus, a member of the Sanhedrin.ΠῶςpōsHowπῶςadverb — “How”G4459how, in what manner, by what means.This verse uses “how”.Howδύναταιdunataicanδύναμαι (dunamai)verb, present middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “can”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1410(a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can.canἄνθρωποςanthrōposa manἄνθρωποςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “a man”, the subject formG444a man, one of the human race.This verse uses “a man”.a manγεννηθῆναιgennēthēnaito be bornγεννάω (gennaō)verb, aorist passive infinitive — “to be born”, a single actionG1080I beget (of the male), (of the female) I bring forth, give birth to.be bornγέρωνgerōnoldγέρωνnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “old”, the subject formG1088an old man.oldὤνōnto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.μὴmē? canμήparticle — “? can”G3361not, lest.? canδύναταιdunataibe ableδύναμαι (dunamai)verb, present middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “be able”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1410(a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can.εἰςeisintoεἰςpreposition — “into”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “into”.intoτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.κοιλίανkoilianwombκοιλία (koilia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “womb”, the object formG2836belly, abdomen, heart, a general term covering any organ in the abdomen, e.g. stomach, womb; met: the inner man.This verse uses “womb”.wombτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.μητρὸςmētrosmotherμήτηρ (mētēr)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “mother”, the of-formG3384a mother.αὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.δεύτερονdeuteronsecondlyδεύτερος (deuteros)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “secondly”, the object formG1208second; with the article: in the second place, for the second time.εἰσελθεῖνeiseltheinto enterεἰσέρχομαι (eiserchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active infinitive — “to enter”, a single actionG1525I go in, come in, enter.This verse uses “enter”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andγεννηθῆναιgennēthēnaito be bornγεννάω (gennaō)verb, aorist passive infinitive — “to be born”, a single actionG1080I beget (of the male), (of the female) I bring forth, give birth to.be born

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

Nicodemus saith unto him, 'How is a man able to be born, being old? is he able into the womb of his mother a second time to enter, and to be born?'

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American Standard Version (1901)

Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?

Young’s Literal Translation

Nicodemus saith unto him, 'How is a man able to be born, being old? is he able into the womb of his mother a second time to enter, and to be born?'

World English Bible

Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?”

Darby Translation

Nicodemus says to him, How can a man be born being old? can he enter a second time into the womb of his mother and be born?

Douay-Rheims

Nicodemus saith to him: How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb, and be born again?

American Standard Version (1901)

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World English Bible

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