Sign in
John 3:8 — King James Version← Study notes

The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.


John 3:8Greek Interlinear

Greek · John 3:826 words
τὸtothe
πνεῦμαpneumaSpirit / spirit
ὅπουhopouin what place, where(-as, -soever)
θέλειtheleidesire, be disposed (forward), intend
πνεῖpneiblow
καὶkaiand / also
τὴνtēnthe
φωνὴνphōnēnnoise, sound, voice
αὐτοῦautouhe / she / it / same
ἀκούειςakoueishear
ἀλλ’all’and, but (even), howbeit
οὐκouknot
οἶδαςoidas
πόθενpothenwhence
ἔρχεταιerchetaicome / go
καὶkaiand / also
ποῦpouabout, a certain place
ὑπάγειhypageidepart, get hence, go (a-)way
οὕτωςhoutōsthus / so
ἐστὶνestinam, have been, is I
πᾶςpasall / every
hothe
γεγεννημένοςgegennēmenosbear, beget, be born
ἐκekfrom / out of
τοῦtouthe
πνεύματοςpneumatosSpirit / spirit
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Word-by-word meanings

τὸtothe
πνεῦμαpneumaSpirit / spirit
ὅπουhopouin what place, where(-as, -soever)
θέλειtheleidesire, be disposed (forward), intend
πνεῖpneiblow
καὶkaiand / also
τὴνtēnthe
φωνὴνphōnēnnoise, sound, voice
αὐτοῦautouhe / she / it / same
ἀκούειςakoueishear
ἀλλ’all’and, but (even), howbeit
οὐκouknot
οἶδαςoidas
πόθενpothenwhence
ἔρχεταιerchetaicome / go
καὶkaiand / also
ποῦpouabout, a certain place
ὑπάγειhypageidepart, get hence, go (a-)way
οὕτωςhoutōsthus / so
ἐστὶνestinam, have been, is I
πᾶςpasall / every
hothe
γεγεννημένοςgegennēmenosbear, beget, be born
ἐκekfrom / out of
τοῦtouthe
πνεύματοςpneumatosSpirit / spirit

Explore community notes on John 3:8

Study summaries, cross-references, and discussion

Open verse →