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John 3:1

Ἦν

eimí

I exist (used only when emphatic) δὲ

dé

but, and, etc. ἄνθρωπος

ánthrōpos

from ); man-faced, i.e. a human being ἐκ

literal or figurative; direct or remote) τῶν

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) Φαρισαίων,

Pharisaîos

a separatist, i.e. exclusively religious; a Pharisean, i.e. Jewish sectary Νικόδημος

Nikódēmos

victorious among his people; Nicodemus, an Israelite ὄνομα

ónoma

a "name" (literally or figuratively) (authority, character) αὐτῷ,

autós

the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative ) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons ἄρχων

árchōn

a first (in rank or power) τῶν

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) Ἰουδαίων·

Ioudaîos

Judæan, i.e. belonging to Jehudah

John 3:1 · Greek NT (SBLGNT)

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Now there was a certain man among the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler (member of the Sanhedrin) among the Jews,

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