John 12:24
Amen, amen I say to you, unless the grain of wheat falling into the ground die,This verse in the real world
In what words
- κόκκοςkókkosa kernel of seed
- σῖτοςsîtosgrain, especially wheat
- μόνοςmónosremaining, i.e. sole or single; by implication, mere
- φέρωphérōto "bear" or carry (in a very wide application, literally and figuratively, as follows)
- ἐὰν μήeàn mḗif not, i.e. unless
- πίπτωpíptōto fall (literally or figuratively)
- ἀποθνήσκωapothnḗskōto die off (literally or figuratively)
- ἀμήνamḗnproperly, firm, i.e. (figuratively) trustworthy; adverbially, surely (often as interjectio
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
1Co 15:36–38, Isa 53:10–12, Heb 2:9–10, Jhn 12:32–33, Psa 72:16, Rev 7:9–17, Psa 22:22–31, Psa 22:15