John 4:20 — King James Version← Study notes
“Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.”
John 4:20 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · John 4:2020 words
οἱhoithe
πατέρεςpateresfather, parent
ἡμῶνhēmōnI
ἐνenabout, after, against
τῷtōthe
ὄρειoreihill, mount(-ain)
τούτῳtoutōhe (it was that), hereof, it
προσεκύνησανprosekynēsanworship
καὶkaiand / also
ὑμεῖςhymeisyou
λέγετεlegetesay
ὅτιhotithat / because
ἐνenabout, after, against
ἹεροσολύμοιςHierosolymoisJerusalem
ἐστὶνestinam, have been, is I
ὁhothe
τόποςtoposcoast, licence, place
ὅπουhopouin
what place, where(-as, -soever)
προσκυνεῖνproskyneinworship
δεῖdeibind, be in bonds, knit
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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