John 4:35

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οὐχ ὑμεῖς Λέγετε, ὅτι Ἔτι τετράμηνός ἐστιν, καὶ ὁ θερισμὸς ἔρχεται; ἰδού, λέγω ὑμῖν, Ἐπάρατε τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ὑμῶν, καὶ θεάσασθε τὰς χώρας· ὅτι λευκαί εἰσιν πρὸς θερισμόν ἤδη.

Transliteration

Not hymeis Legete, that Eti tetramēnos estin, and the therismos erchetai? idou, legō to-you, Eparate the ophthalmous of-you, and theasasthe the chōras: for leukai eisin pros therismon ēdē.

Grammar Details

Οὐχ: negative particle - not
*hymeis Legete*: personal pronoun, nominative, 2nd person plural + present, active, indicative, 2nd person plural - you say/are saying
ὅτι: conjunction introducing content - that
*Eti*: adverb - yet/still
*tetramēnos*: nominative, masculine, singular - four-month period
*estin*: present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - is
ὁ θερισμὸς: nominative, masculine, singular with article - the harvest
*erchetai*: present, middle, indicative, 3rd person singular - comes/is coming
*idou*: aorist, middle, imperative - behold/look
*legō*: present, active, indicative, 1st person singular - I say/am saying
ὑμῖν: dative, 2nd person plural - to you
*Eparate*: aorist, active, imperative, 2nd person plural - lift up!/raise!
τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς: accusative, masculine, plural with article - the eyes
ὑμῶν: genitive, 2nd person plural - of you/your
*theasasthe*: aorist, middle, imperative, 2nd person plural - look at!/observe!
τὰς χώρας: accusative, feminine, plural with article - the fields
*leukai*: nominative, feminine, plural - white
*eisin*: present, active, indicative, 3rd person plural - they are
*pros therismon*: preposition + accusative, masculine, singular - for/toward harvest
*ēdē*: adverb - already/now

Word Meanings

*tetramēnos*: four-month period (between sowing and harvest)
*therismos*: harvest/harvesting time
*idou*: behold!/look!/see! (attention-getting imperative)
*chōras*: fields/lands/regions/countryside
*leukai*: white/ripe (in context of grain)

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Luke 10:2-3 : 2 Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest. 3 Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.
Matt 9:37-38 : 37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; 38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.
John 4:30 : 30 Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.

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