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John 2:9

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And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare [it].	When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom,	And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: [but] thou hast kept the good wine until now.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

^G1161 When the ruler of the feast^G755 had tasted^G1089 the water^G5204 that was made^G1096 wine^G3631, and^G2532 knew^G1492 not^G3756 whence^G4159 it was^G2076:(but^G1161 the servants^G1249 which^G3588 drew^G501 the water^G5204 knew^G1492;) the governor of the feast^G755 called^G5455 the bridegroom^G3566,

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Original Greek

ὡς δὲ ἐγεύσατο ὁ ἀρχιτρίκλινος τὸ ὕδωρ οἶνον γεγενημένον, καὶ οὐκ ᾔδει πόθεν ἐστίν οἱ δὲ διάκονοι ᾔδεισαν οἱ ἠντληκότες τὸ ὕδωρ, φωνεῖ τὸν νυμφίον ὁ ἀρχιτρίκλινος,

Greek	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
ὡς	hōs	G5613	ADV	When
δὲ	de	G1161	CONJ
ἐγεύσατο	egeusato	G1089	V-ADI-3S	had tasted
ὁ	ho	G3588	T-NSM	the
ἀρχιτρίκλινος	architriklinos	G755	N-NSM	ruler of the feast
τὸ	to	G3588	T-ASN	the
ὕδωρ	hudōr	G5204	N-ASN	water
οἶνον	oinon	G3631	N-ASM	wine
γεγενημένον,	gegenēmenon	G1096	V-RPP-ASN	that was made
καὶ	kai	G2532	CONJ	and
οὐκ	ouk	G3756	PRT-N	not
ᾔδει	ēdei	G1492	V-LAI-3S	knew
πόθεν	pothen	G4159	ADV-I	whence
ἐστίν	estin	G2076	V-PAI-3S	it was
οἱ	hoi	G3588	T-NPM	the
δὲ	de	G1161	CONJ	(but
διάκονοι	diakonoi	G1249	N-NPM	servants
ᾔδεισαν	ēdeisan	G1492	V-LAI-3P	knew
οἱ	hoi	G3588	T-NPM	which
ἠντληκότες	ēntlēkotes	G501	V-RAP-NPM	drew
τὸ	to	G3588	T-ASN	the
ὕδωρ,	hudōr	G5204	N-ASN	water
φωνεῖ	phōnei	G5455	V-PAI-3S	called
τὸν	ton	G3588	T-ASM	the
νυμφίον	numphion	G3566	N-ASM	bridegroom
ὁ	ho	G3588	T-NSM	the
ἀρχιτρίκλινος,	architriklinos	G755	N-NSM	governor of the feast

Source: Textus Receptus (Scrivener 1894)

Strong's References

• G501 — ἀντλέω (antléō, ant-leh-o): I draw, draw out — from (the hold of a ship); to bale up (properly, bilge water), i.e. dip water (with a bucket, pitcher, etc.):--draw (out).
• G755 — ἀρχιτρίκλινος (architríklinos, ar-khee-tree'-klee-nos): master of the feast — from ἀρχή and a compound of τρεῖς and κλίνω (a dinner-bed, because composed of three couches); director of the entertainment:--governor (ruler) of the feast.
• G1089 — γεύομαι (geúomai, ghyoo'-om-ahee): I taste, experience — a primary verb; to taste; by implication, to eat; figuratively, to experience (good or ill):--eat, taste.
• G1096 — γίνομαι (gínomai, ghin'-om-ahee): I come into being, am born — a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.):--arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
• G1161 — δέ (dé, deh): but, on the other hand, and — a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.:--also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
• G1249 — διάκονος (diákonos, dee-ak'-on-os): a waiter, servant, administrator — probably from an obsolete (to run on errands; compare διώκω); an attendant, i.e. (genitive case) a waiter (at table or in other menial duties); specially, a Christian teacher and pastor (technically, a deacon or deaconess):--deacon, minister, servant.
• G1492 — εἴδω (eídō, i'-do): I know, remember — a primary verb; used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent ὀπτάνομαι and ὁράω; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by implication, (in the perfect tense only) to know:--be aware, behold, X can (+ not tell), consider, (have) know(-ledge), look (on), perceive, see, be sure, tell, understand, wish, wot. Compare ὀπτάνομαι.
• G2076 — ἐστί (estí, es-tee'): third person singular present indicative of εἰμί; he (she or it) is; also (with neuter plural) they are:--are, be(-long), call, X can(-not), come, consisteth, X dure for a while, + follow, X have, (that) is (to say), make, meaneth, X must needs, + profit, + remaineth, + wrestle.
• G2532 — καί (kaí, kahee): and, even, also, namely — apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words:--and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
• G3566 — νυμφίος (nymphíos, noom-fee'-os): a bridegroom — from νύμφη; a bride-groom (literally or figuratively):--bridegroom.
• G3588 — ὁ (ho, ho): the — the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):--the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
• G3631 — οἶνος (oînos, oy'-nos): wine — a primary word (or perhaps of Hebrew origin (יַיִן)); "wine" (literally or figuratively):--wine.
• G3756 — οὐ (ou, oo): no, not — a primary word; the absolute negative (compare μή) adverb; no or not:--+ long, nay, neither, never, no (X man), none, (can-)not, + nothing, + special, un(-worthy), when, + without, + yet but. See also οὐ μή, μῆκος.
• G4159 — πόθεν (póthen, poth'-en): whence — from the base of πόσις with enclitic adverb of origin; from which (as interrogative) or what (as relative) place, state, source or cause:--whence.
• G5204 — ὕδωρ (hýdōr, hoo'-dore): water — from the base of ὑετός; water (as if rainy) literally or figuratively:--water.
• G5455 — φωνέω (phōnéō, fo-neh'-o): I crow, shout, summon — from φωνή; to emit a sound (animal, human or instrumental); by implication, to address in words or by name, also in imitation:--call (for), crow, cry.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Greek (Textus Receptus, Scrivener 1894) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• G5613 — ὡς (hōs, hoce): as, like as, how, while, so that — probably adverb of comparative from ὅς; which how, i.e. in that manner (very variously used, as follows):--about, after (that), (according) as (it had been, it were), as soon (as), even as (like), for, how (greatly), like (as, unto), since, so (that), that, to wit, unto, when(-soever), while, X with all speed.

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