King James Version
John 17:6 in the King James Version says “I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me;...” — study this verse from John chapter 17 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.”
John 17:6 · KJV
I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.
Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.
For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“thou gavest”
G1325to give (used in a very wide application, properly, or by implication, literally or figuratively; greatly modified by the connection)
“out of”
G1537a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause literal or figurative; direct
“the world”
G2889orderly arrangement, i.e., decoration; by implication, the world (including its inhabitants, literally or figuratively (morally))
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“them”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“thou gavest”
G1325to give (used in a very wide application, properly, or by implication, literally or figuratively; greatly modified by the connection)
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“word”
G3056something said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a
“they have kept”
G5083to guard (from loss or injury, properly, by keeping the eye upon; and thus differing from g5442, which is properly to prevent escaping; and from g2892
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