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Who or what does itSubject
41 occurrences in 22 groups
- φῶςlight 10
- Not stated (participle) 8
- Other words · 20 groups that occur once or twice (25) 25
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
9 occurrences in 8 groups
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 3
- ἄθλησιςstruggle 1
- δόξαglory 1
- ἐγώI, we 1
- κρυπτόςhidden, secret 1
- ὅτιthat, because 1
To or for whomIndirect object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- κάθημαιto sit 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
20 occurrences in 21 groups
- Other words · 21 groups that occur once or twice (24) 24
With adverbsAdverbs
9 occurrences in 9 groups
- Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (10) 10
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
41 occurrences in 21 groups
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 13
- κόσμοςworld 4
- ἥλιοςthe sun 3
- πατήρfather 3
- Other words · 17 groups that occur once or twice (20) 20
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
8 occurrences in 7 groups
- ἀληθινόςtrue, genuine 2
- ἐκεῖνοςthat, that one, there 1
- ἐμόςmy 1
- θαυμαστόςwonderful 1
- ἱκανόςconsiderable, many, worthy 1
- μέγαςgreat, large 1
Named alongside itApposition
10 occurrences in 9 groups
- Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (10) 10
What it doesIt is the subject
23 occurrences in 10 groups
- γίνομαιto become, to happen, to be 9
- λάμπωto shine 3
- φαίνωto shine, to appear 3
- Other words · 7 groups that occur once or twice (9) 9
What is done to itIt is the object
20 occurrences in 14 groups
- ἔχωto have 4
- εἴδωto know 3
- Other words · 12 groups that occur once or twice (14) 14
What it is said to bePredicate
9 occurrences in 6 groups
- ἄλλοςother, another 3
- σκότοςdarkness 2
- ἕτεροςother, another, different 1
- ὅμοιοςlike 1
- σύyou 1
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
14 occurrences in 11 groups
- σῶμαbody 3
- Other words · 10 groups that occur once or twice (11) 11
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
40 occurrences in 10 groups
- ἐνin 35
- εἰςto 11
- πρόςto, toward, with 6
- διάthrough 5
- περίconcerning, about, for 4
- ἐκfrom 3
- Other words · 3 groups that occur once or twice (6) 6
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
15 occurrences in 12 groups
- Other words · 12 groups that occur once or twice (15) 15
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Every verse with these meanings
Sources
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.