John 8:51

Greek

ἀμὴνah-MAYNἀμὴνah-MAYNλέγωLEH-gohὑμῖν,hoo-MEENἐάνeh-ANτιςteesτὸνtonἐμὸνeh-MONλόγονLO-gonτηρήσῃ,tay-RAY-sayθάνατονTHAH-nah-tonοὐooμὴmayθεωρήσῃtheh-oh-RAY-sayεἰςaysτὸνtonαἰῶνα.ai-OH-nah

Latin

Āmēn,AH-maynāmēnAH-mayndīcōDEE-kohvōbīs:WOH-beessīseequiskwissermōnemser-MOH-nemmeumMEH-umservāverit,ser-WAH-weh-ritmortemMOR-temnōnnohnvidēbitwih-DAY-bitininaeternum.ai-TER-num

English

Amen, amen, I tell you, if someone keeps my word, he will never look on death, to the end of time.

Word by word

Greek	Latin	Note
ἀμὴνfrom ἀμήν, “amen, truly”	Āmēnfrom āmēn	ἀμήν: amen, truly. A Hebrew word, kept in Greek and Latin: āmēn.
ἀμὴνfrom ἀμήν, “amen, truly”	āmēnall forms	Doubled for weight: ἀμήν, āmēn.
λέγωall forms, “to say”	dīcōall forms	λέγω: I say. dīcō.
ὑμῖνfrom σύ, “you”	vōbīsfrom vōs	ὑμῖν: to you, plural. vōbīs.
ἐάνall forms, “if”	sīall forms	ἐάν: if, with the subjunctive. Latin: sī.
τιςall forms, “someone, anyone”	quisall forms	τις: someone. quis.
τὸν ἐμὸνfrom ἐμός, “my, mine”	meumfrom meus	τὸν ἐμόν: my, the adjective ἐμός. Latin: meum.
λόγονfrom λόγος, “word, message”	sermōnemfrom sermō	λόγον: word, from λόγος, word or message. Latin: sermōnem, from sermō, speech.
τηρήσῃfrom τηρέω, “to keep, guard”	servāveritfrom servō	τηρήσῃ: keeps, from τηρέω, to keep or guard. An aorist subjunctive after ἐάν. Latin: servāverit, the future perfect of servō: will have kept.
θάνατονfrom θάνατος, “death”	mortemfrom mors	θάνατον: death. Latin: mortem, from mors.
οὐ μὴfrom οὐ, “not”	nōnall forms	οὐ μή: two negatives together, a strong never. Latin has just nōn.
θεωρήσῃfrom θεωρέω, “to look at, see”	vidēbitfrom videō	θεωρήσῃ: he will look on, an aorist subjunctive of θεωρέω. With οὐ μή it acts as a strong future. Latin: vidēbit, a plain future.
εἰς τὸν αἰῶναfrom αἰών, “age, eternity”	in aeternumfrom aeternus	εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα: into the age, so forever. αἰών means an age. Latin: in aeternum, into the eternal, from aeternus.

New core words

Greek

ἀμήν amen, truly ἐμός my, mine λόγος word, message, account τηρέω keep, guard αἰών age, eternity

Latin

āmēn amen, truly; so be it sermō word, speech, saying, message servō keep, guard, observe; preserve

Greek core words met259 / 345 Latin core words met264 / 345

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