Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank thereof, himself and his children and his cattle? John 8:53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham who is dead? And the prophets are dead. Whom dost thou make thyself? Isaiah 53:2,3 And he shall grow up as a tender plant before him, and as a root out of a thirsty ground: there is no beauty in him, nor comeliness: and we have seen him, and there was no sightliness, that we should be desirous of him: . . . Matthew 12:42 The queen of the south shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold a greater than Solomon here. Hebrews 3:3 For this man was counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, by so much as he that hath built the house hath greater honour than the house. Context Jesus and the Samaritan Woman…11The woman saith to him: Sir, thou hast nothing wherein to draw, and the well is deep. From whence then hast thou living water? 12Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank thereof, himself and his children and his cattle? 13Jesus answered and said to her: Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: but he that shall drink of the water that I will give him shall not thirst for ever.… Cross References John 4:5 He cometh therefore to a city of Samaria, which is called Sichar, near the land which Jacob gave to his son Joseph. John 4:6 Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well. It was about the sixth hour. John 4:13 Jesus answered and said to her: Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: but he that shall drink of the water that I will give him shall not thirst for ever. John 4:20 Our fathers adored on this mountain: and you say that at Jerusalem is the place where men must adore. John 8:53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham who is dead? And the prophets are dead. Whom dost thou make thyself? Lexicon Areεἶ (ei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. You σὺ (sy) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Singular Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. greater than μείζων (meizōn) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular - Comparative Strong's Greek 3173: Large, great, in the widest sense. our ἡμῶν (hēmōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. father πατρὸς (patros) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's Greek 3962: Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'. Jacob, Ἰακώβ (Iakōb) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's Greek 2384: Of Hebrew origin; Jacob, the progenitor of the Israelites. who ὃς (hos) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's Greek 3739: Who, which, what, that. gave ἔδωκεν (edōken) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's Greek 1325: To offer, give; I put, place. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to give. us ἡμῖν (hēmin) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Plural Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. [this] τὸ (to) Article - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. well φρέαρ (phrear) Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's Greek 5421: A pit, well, cistern. Of uncertain derivation; a hole in the ground, i.e. A cistern or well; figuratively, an abyss. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely. drank ἔπιεν (epien) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's Greek 4095: To drink, imbibe. A prolonged form of pio, which poo occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses; to imbibe. from ἐξ (ex) Preposition Strong's Greek 1537: From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out. it αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Neuter 3rd Person Singular Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. himself, αὐτὸς (autos) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. [as did] καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely. his αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. sons υἱοὶ (huioi) Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's Greek 5207: A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a 'son', used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely. his αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. livestock?� θρέμματα (thremmata) Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural Strong's Greek 2353: (lit: a nursling, hence probably) plur: cattle. From trepho; stock. Additional Translations Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?” Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank of it himself, and his sons, and his livestock?" Are you greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle? Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his sons, and his cattle? Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself, and his sons, and his cattle? Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his sons, and his cattle? Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself, and his children, and his cattle? Are you greater than our forefather Jacob, who gave us the well, and himself drank from it, as did also his sons and his cattle?" Are you greater than our father, Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself, as did his children, and his livestock?" Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who did give us the well, and himself out of it did drink, and his sons, and his cattle?' 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