John 2
John 2 Vocabulary
Curated vocabulary arranged by section in the order it appears in the chapter.
2:1-5
The Wedding at Cana and Mary’s Request
- ruz-e = day of
- sevom = third
- arusi-i = a wedding
- Qânâ = Cana
- Jalil = Galilee
- bargozâr shod = was held, took place
- mâdar-e = mother of
- shâgerdân-e = disciples of
- niz = also
- da'vat shode budand = had been invited
- sharâb = wine
- tamâm shod = ran out, was finished
- nadârand = they do not have
- Bânu = lady, woman; a respectful form of address
- rabti dârad = has to do, is related
- Sâ'at-e = hour of
- hanuz = yet, still
- nareside ast = has not arrived, has not come
- khâdemân = servants, attendants
- harche = whatever
- beguyad = he may say, he tells
- anjâm dahid = do, carry out
2:6-12
The Water Becomes Wine and the Disciples Believe
- khomre-ye = jar of
- sangi = stone, made of stone
- âyin-e = rite of
- pâk-sâzi-ye = purification of
- qarâr dâsht = stood, was set
- gonjâyesh-e = capacity of
- peymâne = an ancient liquid measure
- por konid = fill
- tâ lab = up to the brim
- por kardand = they filled
- aknun = now
- bekeshid = draw out
- nazd-e = to, before
- sarparast-e = steward of, manager of
- bazm = feast, banquet
- bebarid = take, carry
- cheshid = tasted
- sharâb shode bud = had become wine
- nemi-dânest = he did not know
- keshide budand = had drawn
- mi-dânestand = they knew
- dâmâd = bridegroom
- sedâ kard = called
- nokhost = first
- pish mi-âvarad = sets out, brings forward
- mehmânân = guests
- mast shavand = become drunk, have drunk freely
- nâmarghub-tar = inferior, poorer
- negah dâshte-i = you have kept
- âghâz-e = beginning of
- neshânehâ = signs
- jalâl-e = glory of
- âshkâr kard = revealed, manifested
- Kafarnâhum = Capernaum
- pâyin = down
- namândand = they did not remain
2:13-17
Jesus Cleanses the Temple
- eyd-e = feast of
- Pesakh = Passover
- nazdik bud = was near, was at hand
- Urushalim = Jerusalem
- bâlâ = up
- sahn-e = court, precinct of
- ma'bad = temple
- kasâni-râ = people, those
- yâft = found
- gâv = cattle, oxen
- gusfand = sheep
- kabutar = dove, pigeon
- mi-forukhtand = they were selling
- sarâfân = money changers
- nesheste budand = were sitting
- tâziyâne-i = a whip, a scourge
- resmânhâ = cords, ropes
- hame-râ = all, everyone
- birun rând = drove out
- seke = coin
- rikht = poured out, scattered
- miz = table
- vâzhgun kard = overturned
- kabutar-forushân = dove sellers
- injâ = here
- bebarid = take away
- khâne-ye = house of
- Pedar-e = Father of
- bâzâr = marketplace, market
- nasâzid = do not make
- be yâd âvardand = remembered
- neveshte shode ast = it is written
- Gheyrat = zeal
- khâhad bal'id = will devour, will consume
2:18-22
“Destroy This Temple”
- javâb dâdand = answered
- neshâne-i = a sign
- neshân mi-dahi = you show
- kârhâ-râ = things, works
- ma'bad-râ = the temple, sanctuary
- virân konid = destroy
- barpâ khâham kard = I will raise, erect
- Sâkhtan-e = building of
- chehel-o-shesh = forty-six
- tul keshide ast = has taken, has lasted
- ma'badi = the temple which, a temple
- sokhan mi-goft = was speaking
- badan-e = body of
- mordegân = the dead
- bar-khâst = rose, was raised
- neveshte-ye moqadas = the sacred Scripture
- gofte bud = had said
- imân âvardand = they believed
2:23-25
Signs, Belief, and Jesus’s Knowledge of Humanity
- besyâri = many people
- didan-e = seeing of
- neshânehâ-i = signs
- anjâm mi-dâd = was doing, performing
- nâm-e = name of
- imân âvardand = they believed
- khod-râ = himself
- nemi-sepord = did not entrust
- hame-râ = everyone, all people
- mi-shenâkht = he knew
- niyâzi = a need
- nadâsht = he did not have
- darbâre-ye = about, concerning
- ensân = a human, a person, humanity
- shahâdat dahad = should testify, bear witness
- ânche-râ = what, that which
- mi-dânest = he knew