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Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? (KJV)

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Greek text follows the SBLGNT, Textus Receptus and Byzantine readings in STEPBible's Translators Amalgamated Greek NT.

εἶπονeiponThey said

Lemma: εἶπον (eipon) · Strong's: G2036

Parsing: Verb · 2nd Aorist · Active · Indicative · 3rd · Plural (V-2AAI-3P)

Meaning: to say — εἶπον, 2 aorist of obsolete present ἔπω (cf. Veitch), used as aorist of λέγω, which see ; (AS)

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Used 955 times. Also: Matthew 2:5, Matthew 2:8, Matthew 2:13, Matthew 3:7, Matthew 3:15, Matthew 4:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G2036; TFLSJ G2036; TAGNT John 6:28 word 1

οὖνountherefore

Lemma: οὖν (oun) · Strong's: G3767

Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)

Meaning: therefore/then — οὖν, ; particle ; expressing consequence or simple sequence (never standing first in a sentence), wherefore, therefore, then: Mat.3:10, Luk.3:9, Jhn.8:38, Act.1:21, Rom.5:9, al.; in exhortations, Mat.3:8, Luk.11:35,…

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Used 535 times. Also: Matthew 1:17, Matthew 3:8, Matthew 3:10, Matthew 5:19, Matthew 5:23, Matthew 5:48 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G3767; TFLSJ G3767; TAGNT John 6:28 word 2

πρὸςprosto

Lemma: πρός (pros) · Strong's: G4314

Parsing: Preposition (PREP)

Meaning: to/with — πρός, ; prep. with genitive, dative, accusative ; I. I. C. genitive, of motion from a place, from the side of, hence metaphorically, in the interests of, Act.27:34 (cf. Page, in l.). ; II. II. C. dative, of local…

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Used 732 times. Also: Matthew 2:12, Matthew 3:5, Matthew 3:10, Matthew 3:13, Matthew 3:14, Matthew 3:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G4314; TFLSJ G4314; TAGNT John 6:28 word 3

αὐτόν·autonHim;

Lemma: αὐτός (autos) · Strong's: G0846

Parsing: Personal pronoun · Accusative · Singular · Masculine (P-ASM)

Meaning: it/s/he — αὐτός, -ή, -ό, ; determinative pron., in late Gk. much more frequently than in cl. (WM, 178f.; Jannaris, HGG, §1399). ; 1. Emphatic (so always in nom. exc. when preceded by the art., see infr., iii); (1) self (ipse),…

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Used 5846 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:11, Matthew 1:18, Matthew 1:19, Matthew 1:20, Matthew 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G0846; TFLSJ G0846; TAGNT John 6:28 word 4

τίtiWhat

Lemma: τίς (tis) · Strong's: G5101

Parsing: Interrogative pronoun · Accusative · Singular · Neuter (I-ASN)

Meaning: which? — τίς, neut., τί, genitive, τίνος, interrog. pron., [in LXX for מָה ,מִי ; ] in masc. and fem., ; who, which, what?; in neut., which, what?, used both in direct and in indirect questions. ; I. I. As subst., ; 1. 1. masc.,…

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Used 568 times. Also: Matthew 3:7, Matthew 5:13, Matthew 5:46, Matthew 5:47, Matthew 6:3, Matthew 6:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G5101; TFLSJ G5101; TAGNT John 6:28 word 5

ποιῶμενpoiōmenshall we do

Lemma: ποιέω (poieō) · Strong's: G4160G

Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Subjunctive · 1st · Plural (V-PAS-1P)

Meaning: to do/make: do — ποιέω, -ῶ, ; [in LXX for a great variety of words, but chiefly for עשׂה ; ] ; 1. to make, produce, create, cause: with accusative of thing(s), Mat.17:4, Mrk.9:5, Jhn.9:11, Act.9:39, Rom.9:20, al.; of God as Creator…

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Used 565 times. Also: Matthew 1:24, Matthew 3:3, Matthew 3:8, Matthew 3:10, Matthew 4:19, Matthew 5:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G4160G; TFLSJ G4160G; TAGNT John 6:28 word 6

ἵναinathat

Lemma: ἵνα (hina) · Strong's: G2443

Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)

Meaning: in order that/to — ἵνα, ; I. adverb (poët., Hom., al.), ; 1. of place, where, whither. ; 2. of circumstance, when. ; II. Conjunction, ; 1. prop., final, denoting purpose or end (cl.), that, in order that, usually the first word in the…

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Used 677 times. Also: Matthew 1:22, Matthew 2:15, Matthew 4:3, Matthew 4:14, Matthew 5:29, Matthew 5:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G2443; TFLSJ G2443; TAGNT John 6:28 word 7

ἐργαζώμεθαergazōmethawe may be doing

Lemma: ἐργάζομαι (ergazomai) · Strong's: G2038

Parsing: Verb · Present · Middle or Passive Deponent · Subjunctive · 1st · Plural (V-PNS-1P)

Meaning: to work — ἐργάζομαι; (ἔργον), [in LXX for עָבַד, פָּעַל, עָשָׂה, etc. ; ] ; 1. intrans., ; (a) to work, labour: Mat.21:28, Luk.13:14, Jhn.5:17 9:4 b, Act.18:3, 1Co.9:6, 2Th.3:10-12; τ. χερσίν, 1Co.4:12, 1Th.4:11; νυκτὸς κ.…

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Used 41 times. Also: Matthew 7:23, Matthew 21:28, Matthew 25:16, Matthew 26:10, Mark 14:6, Luke 13:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G2038; TFLSJ G2038; TAGNT John 6:28 word 8

τὰtathe

Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588

Parsing: Definite article · Accusative · Plural · Neuter (T-APN)

Meaning: the/this/who — ὁ, ἡ, τό, ; the prepositive article (ἄρθρον προτακτικόν), originally a demonstr. pron. (so usually in Hom.), in general corresponding to the Eng. definite article. ; I. As demonstr. pron. ; 1. As frequently in Hom.,…

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Used 20654 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:4, Matthew 1:5, Matthew 1:6, Matthew 1:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G3588; TFLSJ G3588; TAGNT John 6:28 word 9

ἔργαergaworks

Lemma: ἔργον (ergon) · Strong's: G2041

Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Plural · Neuter (N-APN)

Meaning: work — ἔργον, -ου, τό (originally Ϝέργον, work), [very frequently in LXX, chiefly for מַשֶׂה, מְלָאכָה, also for עֲבֹדָה, פֹּעַל, etc. ; ] ; 1. work, task, employment: Mrk.13:34, Jhn.4:34 17:4, Act.13:2, Php.1:22 2:30,…

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Used 176 times. Also: Matthew 5:16, Matthew 11:2, Matthew 11:19, Matthew 23:3, Matthew 23:5, Matthew 26:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G2041; TFLSJ G2041; TAGNT John 6:28 word 10

τοῦtou<the>

Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588

Parsing: Definite article · Genitive · Singular · Masculine (T-GSM)

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Used 20654 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:4, Matthew 1:5, Matthew 1:6, Matthew 1:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G3588; TFLSJ G3588; TAGNT John 6:28 word 11

θεοῦ;¶theouof God?

Lemma: θεός (theos) · Strong's: G2316

Parsing: Noun · Genitive · Singular · Masculine · Title (N-GSM-T)

Meaning: God — θεός, -οῦ, ὁ, ἡ (Act.19:37 only; see M, Pr., 60, 244), late voc., θεέ (Mat.27:46; cf. Deu.3:24, al.), ; [in LXX chiefly for אֱלֹהִים, also for אֵל and other cognate forms, יהוה, etc. ; ] ; a god or deity, God. ; 1. In…

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Used 1338 times. Also: Matthew 1:23, Matthew 3:9, Matthew 3:16, Matthew 4:3, Matthew 4:4, Matthew 4:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G2316; TFLSJ G2316; TAGNT John 6:28 word 12

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

Then	→	οὖν G3767 therefore/then
they inquired	→	εἶπον G2036 to say
What	→	τίς G5101 which?
must we do	→	ποιέω G4160G to do/make: do
to	→	ἵνα G2443 in order that/to
perform	→	ἐργάζομαι G2038 to work
the	→	ὁ G3588 the/this/who
works	→	ἔργον G2041 work
of God	→	θεός G2316 God

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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