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John 8:37

I know that ye are Abraham’s seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.

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οἶδαoidato perceiveοἶδαverb, perfect active indicative, 1st person singular — “to perceive”, a completed action with a present resultG6063to perceiveὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.thatσπέρμαspermaseedσπέρμαnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “seed”, the subject formG4690(a) seed, commonly of cereals, (b) offspring, descendents.This verse uses “seed”.seedἈβραάμabraamAbrahamἈβραάμnoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Abraham”, the of-formG11Abraham, progenitor of the Hebrew race.ἐστεesteto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person plural — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.ἀλλὰallabutἀλλάconjunction — “but”G235but, except, however.This verse uses “but”.butζητεῖτέzēteiteye seekζητέω (zēteō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person plural — “ye seek”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2212I seek, search for, desire, require, demand.This verse uses “seek”.ye seekμεmeIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, accusative, singular — “I”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).meἀποκτεῖναιapokteinaito killἀποκτείνω (apokteinō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to kill”, a single actionG615I put to death, kill; fig: I abolish.This verse uses “kill”.ὅτιhotibecauseὅτιconjunction — “because”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “because”.becauseὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.λόγοςlogoswordλόγοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “word”, the subject formG3056a word, speech, divine utterance, analogy.wordὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἐμὸςemosmyἐμόςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “my”, the subject formG1699Strong’s files this form under G1473 (ἐγώ).οὐounoοὐadverb — “no”G3756no, not.noχωρεῖchōreiplaceχωρέω (chōreō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “place”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5562(lit: I make room, hence) (a) I have room for, receive, contain, (b) I make room for by departing, go, make progress, turn myself.placeἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inὑμῖνhuminyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.you

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

'I have known that ye are seed of Abraham, but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you;

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American Standard Version (1901)

I know that ye are Abraham’s seed; yet ye seek to kill me, because my word hath not free course in you.

Young’s Literal Translation

'I have known that ye are seed of Abraham, but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you;

World English Bible

I know that you are Abraham’s offspring, yet you seek to kill me , because my word finds no place in you .

Darby Translation

I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word has no entrance in you.

Douay-Rheims

I know that you are the children of Abraham: but you seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.

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