John 8:33

ἀπεκρίθησαν αὐτῷ Σπέρμα Ἀβραάμ ἐσμεν καὶ οὐδενὶ δεδουλεύκαμεν πώποτε· πῶς σὺ λέγεις ὅτι Ἐλεύθεροι γενήσεσθε
They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
Word Reference
Original Word Definitions
ἀπεκρίθησαν
G611 V-ADI-3P
apokrinomai
to conclude for oneself, i.e., (by implication) to respond; by Hebraism (compare H6030) to begin to speak (where an address is expected)
  • to give an answer to a question proposed, to answer
    • "to begin to speak, but always where something has preceded (either said or done) to which the remarks refer
αὐτῷ
G846
autos
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
  • himself, herself, themselves, itself
    • "he, she, it"the same
Σπέρμα
G4690
sperma
something sown, i.e., seed (including the male ___%___sperm___%___); by implication, offspring; specially, a remnant (figuratively, as if kept over for planting)
  • from which a plant germinates
    • the seed i.e., the grain or kernel which contains within itself the germ of the future plants
      • of the grains or kernels sown
      metaphorically a seed i.e., a residue, or a few survivors reserved as the germ of a new race (just as seed is kept from the harvest for the sowing)
    the semen virile
    • the product of this semen, seed, children, offspring, progeny
      • "family, race, posterity"whatever possesses vital force or life giving power
      • of divine energy of the Holy Spirit operating within the soul by which we are regenerated
Ἀβραάμ
G11
abraam
father of a multitude
Abraham, the Hebrew patriarch
  • the son of Terah and the founder of the Jewish nation
ἐσμεν
G2070
esmen
we are
  • first person plural of ___%___to be___%___
καὶ
G2532
kai
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
  • and, also, even, indeed, but
οὐδενὶ
G3762
oudeis
not even one (man, woman or thing), i.e., none, nobody, nothing
  • no one, nothing
δεδουλεύκαμεν
G1398
douleuō
to be a slave to (literal or figurative, involuntary or voluntary)
  • to be a slave, serve, do service
    • of a nation in subjection to other nations
    metaphorically to obey, submit to
    • in a good sense, to yield obedience
      • "in a bad sense, of those who become slaves to some base power, to yield to, give one's self up to
πώποτε·
G4455
pōpote
at any time, i.e., (with negative particle) at no time
  • ever, at any time
πῶς
G4459
pōs
an interrogative particle of manner; in what way? (sometimes the question is indirect, how?); also as exclamation, how much!
  • how, in what way
σὺ
G4771
sy
thou
  • you
λέγεις
G3004
legō
properly, to ___%___lay___%___ forth, i.e., (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas G2036 and G5346 generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; while G4483 is properly to break silence merely, and G2980 means an extended or random harangue)); by implication, to mean
  • to say, to speak
    • affirm over, maintain
      • "to teach"to exhort, advise, to command, direct"to point out with words, intend, mean, mean to say"to call by name, to call, name"to speak out, speak of, mention
ὅτι
G3754
hoti
demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because
  • that, because, since
Ἐλεύθεροι
G1658
eleutheros
unrestrained (to go at pleasure), i.e., (as a citizen) not a slave (whether freeborn or manumitted), or (genitive case) exempt (from obligation or liability)
  • freeborn
    • in a civil sense, one who is not a slave
      • "of one who ceases to be a slave, freed, manumitted
    free, exempt, unrestrained, not bound by an obligation"in an ethical sense: free from the yoke of the Mosaic Law
γενήσεσθε
G1096
ginomai
to cause to be (___%___gen___%___-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
  • to become, i.e., to come into existence, begin to be, receive being
    • "to become, i.e., to come to pass, happen
    • of events
    to arise, appear in history, come upon the stage
    • of men appearing in public
    to be made, finished
    • of miracles, to be performed, wrought
    to become, be made

ἀπεκρίθησαν αὐτῷ Σπέρμα Ἀβραάμ ἐσμεν καὶ οὐδενὶ δεδουλεύκαμεν πώποτε· πῶς σὺ λέγεις ὅτι Ἐλεύθεροι γενήσεσθε
33
They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
Cross References

Matthew 3:9

καὶ μὴ δόξητε λέγειν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς Πατέρα ἔχομεν τὸν Ἀβραάμ· λέγω γὰρ ὑμῖν ὅτι δύναται ὁ Θεὸς ἐκ τῶν λίθων τούτων ἐγεῖραι τέκνα τῷ Ἀβραάμ
9
And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

John 8:39

Ἀπεκρίθησαν καὶ εἶπον αὐτῷ Ὁ πατὴρ ἡμῶν Ἀβραάμ ἐστιν λέγει αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς Εἰ τέκνα τοῦ Ἀβραάμ ἦτε τὰ ἔργα τοῦ Ἀβραὰμ ἐποιεῖτε ἄν
39
They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.

Nehemiah 5:4

וְיֵשׁ אֲשֶׁר אֹֽמְרִים לָוִינוּ כֶסֶף לְמִדַּת הַמֶּלֶךְ שְׂדֹתֵינוּ וּכְרָמֵֽינוּ׃
4
There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.

Genesis 15:13

וַיֹּאמֶר לְאַבְרָם יָדֹעַ תֵּדַע כִּי-גֵר׀ יִֽהְיֶה זַרְעֲךָ בְּאֶרֶץ לֹא לָהֶם וַֽעֲבָדוּם וְעִנּוּ אֹתָם אַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָֽה׃
13
And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

Nehemiah 9:27

וַֽתִּתְּנֵם בְּיַד צָֽרֵיהֶם וַיָּצֵרוּ לָהֶם וּבְעֵת צָֽרָתָם יִצְעֲקוּ אֵלֶיךָ וְאַתָּה מִשָּׁמַיִם תִּשְׁמָע וּֽכְרַחֲמֶיךָ הָֽרַבִּים תִּתֵּן לָהֶם מֽוֹשִׁיעִים וְיֽוֹשִׁיעוּם מִיַּד צָֽרֵיהֶֽם׃
27
Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.

John 8:37

οἶδα ὅτι σπέρμα Ἀβραάμ ἐστε· ἀλλὰ ζητεῖτέ με ἀποκτεῖναι ὅτι ὁ λόγος ὁ ἐμὸς οὐ χωρεῖ ἐν ὑμῖν
37
I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.

Luke 16:24

καὶ αὐτὸς φωνήσας εἶπεν Πάτερ Ἀβραάμ ἐλέησόν με καὶ πέμψον Λάζαρον ἵνα βάψῃ τὸ ἄκρον τοῦ δακτύλου αὐτοῦ ὕδατος καὶ καταψύξῃ τὴν γλῶσσάν μου ὅτι ὀδυνῶμαι ἐν τῇ φλογὶ ταύτῃ
24
And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

Judges 3:8

וַיִּֽחַר-אַף יְהוָה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל וַֽיִּמְכְּרֵם בְּיַד כּוּשַׁן רִשְׁעָתַיִם מֶלֶךְ אֲרַם נַֽהֲרָיִם וַיַּֽעַבְדוּ בְנֵֽי-יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת-כּוּשַׁן רִשְׁעָתַיִם שְׁמֹנֶה שָׁנִֽים׃
8
Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushan-rishathaim eight years.

Leviticus 25:42

כִּֽי-עֲבָדַי הֵם אֲשֶׁר-הוֹצֵאתִי אֹתָם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם לֹא יִמָּֽכְרוּ מִמְכֶּרֶת עָֽבֶד׃
42
For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.

Judges 2:18

וְכִֽי-הֵקִים יְהוָה׀ לָהֶם שֹֽׁפְטִים וְהָיָה יְהוָה עִם-הַשֹּׁפֵט וְהֽוֹשִׁיעָם מִיַּד אֹֽיְבֵיהֶם כֹּל יְמֵי הַשּׁוֹפֵט כִּֽי-יִנָּחֵם יְהוָה מִנַּֽאֲקָתָם מִפְּנֵי לֹֽחֲצֵיהֶם וְדֹֽחֲקֵיהֶֽם׃
18
And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.

Ezra 9:9

כִּֽי-עֲבָדִים אֲנַחְנוּ וּבְעַבְדֻתֵנוּ לֹא עֲזָבָנוּ אֱלֹהֵינוּ וַֽיַּט-עָלֵינוּ חֶסֶד לִפְנֵי מַלְכֵי פָרַס לָֽתֶת-לָנוּ מִֽחְיָה לְרוֹמֵם אֶת-בֵּית אֱלֹהֵינוּ וּלְהַֽעֲמִיד אֶת-חָרְבֹתָיו וְלָֽתֶת-לָנוּ גָדֵר בִּֽיהוּדָה וּבִירֽוּשָׁלִָֽם׃
9
For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.

John 19:25

εἱστήκεισαν δὲ παρὰ τῷ σταυρῷ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἡ ἀδελφὴ τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ Μαρία ἡ τοῦ Κλωπᾶ καὶ Μαρία ἡ Μαγδαληνή
25
Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.

Exodus 1:13

וַיַּֽעֲבִדוּ מִצְרַיִם אֶת-בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּפָֽרֶךְ׃
13
And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:

Nehemiah 9:36

הִנֵּה אֲנַחְנוּ הַיּוֹם עֲבָדִים וְהָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר-נָתַתָּה לַֽאֲבֹתֵינוּ לֶֽאֱכֹל אֶת-פִּרְיָהּ וְאֶת-טוּבָהּ הִנֵּה אֲנַחְנוּ עֲבָדִים עָלֶֽיהָ׃
36
Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it:

Judges 4:3

וַיִּצְעֲקוּ בְנֵֽי-יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל-יְהוָה כִּי תְּשַׁע מֵאוֹת רֶֽכֶב-בַּרְזֶל לוֹ וְהוּא לָחַץ אֶת-בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּחָזְקָה עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָֽה׃
3
And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.
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