King James Version

John 4:39

And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “whatever” (ἃ) before I did here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “as much as” (ὅσα) before I did here.

Ἐκekofἐκpreposition — “of”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.ofδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.τῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.πόλεωςpoleōscityπόλις (polis)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “city”, the of-formG4172a city, the inhabitants of a city.cityἐκείνηςekeinēsthatἐκεῖνος (ekeinos)demonstrative pronoun, genitive, singular, feminine — “that”, the of-formG1565that, that one there, yonder.This verse uses “that”.πολλοὶpolloimuchπολύς (polus)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “much”, the subject formG4183much, many; often.This verse uses “much”.ἐπίστευσανepisteusanbelievedπιστεύω (pisteuō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “believed”, a single actionG4100I believe, have faith in, trust in; pass: I am entrusted with.believedεἰςeisonεἰςpreposition — “on”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.onαὐτὸνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ΣαμαριτῶνsamaritōnSamaritanΣαμαρίτης (samaritēs)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “Samaritan”, the of-formG4541a Samaritan.διὰdiaforδιάpreposition — “for”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.forτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.λόγονlogonsayingλόγος (logos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “saying”, the object formG3056a word, speech, divine utterance, analogy.the sayingτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.γυναικὸςgunaikosof the womanγυνή (gunē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of the woman”, the of-formG1135a woman, wife, my lady.of the womanμαρτυρούσηςmarturousēswhich testifiedμαρτυρέω (martureō)verb, present active participle, genitive, singular, feminine — “which testified”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3140I witness, bear witness, give evidence, testify, give a good report.which testifiedὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.Εἶπένeipento sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to say”, a single 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.This verse uses “say”.Strong’s files this form under G2036 (ἔπω, speak/say).He toldμοιmoiIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, dative, singular — “I”, the to- or for-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).meπάνταpantaallπᾶς (pas)adjective, accusative, plural, neuter — “all”, the object formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.allἃhathat everὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, plural, neuter — “that ever”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “that”.that everἐποίησαepoiēsaI didποιέω (poieō)verb, aorist active indicative, 1st person singular — “I did”, a single actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.I did

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ὅσαhosathat everὅσος (hosos)relative pronoun, accusative, plural, neuter — “that ever”, the object formG3745how much, how great, how many, as great as, as much.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And from that city many believed in him, of the Samaritans, because of the word of the woman testifying, — 'He told me all things — as many as I did.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And from that city many of the Samaritans believed on him because of the word of the woman, who testified, He told me all things that ever I did.

Young’s Literal Translation

And from that city many believed in him, of the Samaritans, because of the word of the woman testifying, — 'He told me all things — as many as I did.'

World English Bible

From that city many of the Samaritans believed in him because of the word of the woman, who testified, “He told me everything that I have done.”

Darby Translation

But many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him because of the word of the woman who bore witness, He told me all things that I had ever done.

Douay-Rheims

Now of that city many of the Samaritans believed in him, for the word of the woman giving testimony: He told me all things whatsoever I have done.

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