Greek Interlinear

Mark 1:4 Interlinear

“did John baptize in the wilderness and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins”

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Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	ἐγένετο	G1096	did	to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
2	Ἰωάννης	G2491	John	joannes (i.e., jochanan), the name of four israelites
3	βαπτίζων	G907	baptize	to immerse, submerge; to make whelmed (i.e., fully wet); used only (in the new testament) of ceremonial ablution, especially (technically) of the ordi
4	ἐν	G1722	in	"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc
5	τῇ	G3588		the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)
6	ἐρήμῳ	G2048	the wilderness	lonesome, i.e., (by implication) waste (usually as a noun, g5561 being implied)
7	καὶ	G2532	and	and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
8	κηρύσσων	G2784	preach	to herald (as a public crier), especially divine truth (the gospel)
9	βάπτισμα	G908	the baptism	baptism (technically or figuratively)
10	μετανοίας	G3341	of repentance	(subjectively) compunction (for guilt, including reformation); by implication, reversal (of (another's) decision)
11	εἰς	G1519	for	to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
12	ἄφεσιν	G859	the remission	freedom; (figuratively) pardon
13	ἁμαρτιῶν	G266	of sins	a sin (properly abstract)

Mark 1:4 (current)did John baptize in the wilderness and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins