Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleHe chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation. Young's Literal Translation having counselled, He did beget us with a word of truth, for our being a certain first-fruit of His creatures. King James Bible Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. Greek He choseβουληθεὶς (boulētheis) Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 1014: To will, intend, desire, wish. Middle voice of a primary verb; to 'will, ' i.e. be willing. to give us birth ἀπεκύησεν (apekyēsen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 616: From apo and the base of kuma; to breed forth, i.e. to generate. through [the] word λόγῳ (logō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 3056: From lego; something said; by implication, a topic, also reasoning or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, the Divine Expression. of truth, ἀληθείας (alētheias) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Strong's 225: From alethes; truth. that εἰς (eis) Preposition Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases. we ἡμᾶς (hēmas) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Plural Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. would be εἶναι (einai) Verb - Present Infinitive Active Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. a kind of τινα (tina) Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 5100: Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object. firstfruits ἀπαρχήν (aparchēn) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 536: From a compound of apo and archomai; a beginning of sacrifice, i.e. The first-fruit. of His αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 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. creation. κτισμάτων (ktismatōn) Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural Strong's 2938: A created thing, a creature. From ktizo; an original formation, i.e. Product. |