John 4:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

but whosoever {G302} drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall become in him a well of water springing up unto eternal life.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὃς δʼ ἂν πίῃ ἐκ τοῦ ὕδατος οὗ ἐγὼ δώσω αὐτῷ οὐ μὴ διψήσῃ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα· ἀλλὰ τὸ ὕδωρ ὃ δώσω αὐτῷ γενήσεται ἐν αὐτῷ πηγὴ ὕδατος ἁλλομένου εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον.

Transliteration

Whoever d' an piē ek the hydatos hou egō dōsō autō ou mē dipsēsē eis the aiōna; but the hydōr ho dōsō autō genēsetai en autō pēgē hydatos hallomenou eis zōēn aiōnion.

Grammar Details

*d'*: postpositive conjunction - but/and
*an*: conditional particle - ever/if [with subjunctive]
*piē*: aorist active subjunctive, 3rd singular - drinks/may drink
*ek*: preposition + genitive - from/out of
*hydatos*: genitive neuter singular - water
*hou*: relative pronoun, genitive neuter singular - which
*egō*: nominative 1st singular pronoun - I
*dōsō*: future active indicative, 1st singular - will give
*autō*: dative masculine singular - to him
*ou mē*: emphatic negation - certainly not/never
*dipsēsē*: aorist active subjunctive, 3rd singular - thirst/may thirst
*eis*: preposition + accusative - into/for
*aiōna*: accusative masculine singular - age/eternity
*hydōr*: nominative neuter singular - water
*ho*: relative pronoun, accusative neuter singular - which
*genēsetai*: future middle indicative, 3rd singular - will become
*en*: preposition + dative - in
*pēgē*: nominative feminine singular - spring/fountain
*hallomenou*: present middle participle, genitive neuter singular - springing up/leaping up
*zōēn*: accusative feminine singular - life
*aiōnion*: accusative feminine singular - eternal/everlasting

Word Meanings

*aiōna*: age/eternity/forever
*pēgē*: spring/fountain/source/well
*hallomenou*: springing up/leaping up/bubbling up/gushing
*zōēn*: life/existence
*aiōnion*: eternal/everlasting/endless

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

John 6:35 : 35 {G1161} Jesus said unto them. I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall not {G4455} hunger, and he that believeth on me shall never {G4455} thirst.
Isa 49:10 : 10 They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them will lead them, even by springs of water will he guide them.
Rev 7:16 : 16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun strike upon them, nor any heat:
John 6:58 : 58 This is the bread which came down out of heaven: not as the fathers ate, {G3131} and died; he that eateth {G740} this bread shall live for ever.
Eph 1:13-14 : 13 in whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth, the gospel of your salvation, — in whom, having also believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14 which is an earnest of our inheritance, unto the redemption of [God's] own possession, unto the praise of his glory.
John 7:38-39 : 38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, from within him shall flow rivers of living water. 39 But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believed on him were to receive: for the {G40} Spirit was not yet [given]; because Jesus was not yet glorified.
John 11:26 : 26 and whosoever liveth and believeth on me shall never die. Believest thou this?
2 Cor 1:22 : 22 who also sealed us, and gave [us] the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
1 John 5:20 : 20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, [even] in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
John 17:2-3 : 2 even as thou gavest him authority over all flesh, that to all whom thou hast given him, he should give eternal life. 3 And this is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, [even] Jesus Christ.
Rom 5:21 : 21 that, as sin reigned in death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Rom 6:23 : 23 For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Rom 8:16-17 : 16 The Spirit himself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are children of God: 17 and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with [him], that we may be also glorified with [him].
Eph 4:30 : 30 And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, in whom ye were sealed unto the day of redemption.
1 Pet 1:22 : 22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the {G2513} heart fervently:
John 14:16-19 : 16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may be with you for ever, 17 [ even] the Spirit of truth: whom the world cannot {G3756} receive; for it beholdeth him not, neither knoweth him: {G1161} ye know him; for he abideth with you, and shall be in you. 18 I will not leave you desolate: I come unto you. 19 Yet a little while, and the world beholdeth me no more; but ye behold me: because I live, ye shall live also.
Matt 25:46 : 46 And these shall go away into eternal punishment: but the righteous into eternal life.
John 10:10 : 10 The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and {G2443} may have [it] abundantly.

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