John 7:38

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.›

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁ πιστεύων εἰς ἐμέ, καθὼς εἶπεν ἡ γραφή, ποταμοὶ ἐκ τῆς κοιλίας αὐτοῦ ῥεύσουσιν ὕδατος ζῶντος.

Transliteration

The one pisteuōn eis eme, kathōs eipen the graphē, potamoi from the koilias of him rheusousin hydatos zōntos.

Grammar Details

• *pisteuōn*: present, participle, active, nominative, masculine, singular - believing
• *eis*: preposition + accusative - in/into
• *eme*: accusative, 1st person singular pronoun - me
• *kathōs*: adverb - just as/according as
• *eipen*: aorist, indicative, active, 3rd singular - said/spoke
• *graphē*: nominative, feminine, singular - scripture/writing
• *potamoi*: nominative, masculine, plural - rivers/streams
• *koilias*: genitive, feminine, singular - belly/innermost being
• *rheusousin*: future, indicative, active, 3rd plural - will flow
• *hydatos*: genitive, neuter, singular - of water
• *zōntos*: present, participle, active, genitive, neuter, singular - living

Word Meanings

• *pisteuōn*: believing/trusting/having faith in
• *kathōs*: just as/according as/even as
• *eipen*: said/spoke/stated
• *graphē*: scripture/writing/sacred text
• *potamoi*: rivers/streams/flowing waters
• *koilias*: belly/innermost being/inner self/heart
• *rheusousin*: will flow/will stream/will gush forth
• *hydatos*: of water/water's
• *zōntos*: living/alive/life-giving

Referenced Verses

• Isa 58:11 : 11 And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
• John 4:14 : 14 ‹But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.›
• Isa 44:3 : 3 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
• Isa 12:3 : 3 Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.
• John 4:10 : 10 Jesus answered and said unto her, ‹If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.›
• Isa 59:21 : 21 As for me, this [is] my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that [is] upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.
• Prov 10:11 : 11 ¶ The mouth of a righteous [man is] a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
• Prov 18:4 : 4 ¶ The words of a man's mouth [are as] deep waters, [and] the wellspring of wisdom [as] a flowing brook.
• Deut 18:15 : 15 ¶ The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;
• Ezek 47:1-9 : 1 ¶ Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house [stood toward] the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south [side] of the altar. 2 Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, and led me about the way without unto the utter gate by the way that looketh eastward; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side. 3 And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters [were] to the ankles. 4 Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; the waters [were] to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through; the waters [were] to the loins. 5 Afterward he measured a thousand; [and it was] a river that I could not pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed over. 6 And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen [this]? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the brink of the river. 7 Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river [were] very many trees on the one side and on the other. 8 Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: [which being] brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed. 9 And it shall come to pass, [that] every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh. 10 And it shall come to pass, [that] the fishers shall stand upon it from Engedi even unto Eneglaim; they shall be a [place] to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many. 11 But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt. 12 And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.
• Gal 5:22-23 : 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
• Job 32:18-19 : 18 For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me. 19 Behold, my belly [is] as wine [which] hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles.
• Zech 14:8 : 8 ¶ And it shall be in that day, [that] living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.