John 4
John 4 Vocabulary
Curated vocabulary arranged by section in the order it appears in the chapter.
4:1-6
Jesus Travels through Samaria
- dânest = knew
- Farisiyân = Pharisees
- shenide budand = had heard
- bishtar = more
- shâgerd mi-sâzad = makes disciples
- ta'mid mi-dahad = baptizes, is baptizing
- har chand = although, even though
- ta'mid nemi-dâd = was not baptizing
- Yahudiye-râ = Judea
- tark kard = left, departed from
- Jalil = Galilee
- lâzem bud = it was necessary
- Sâmere = Samaria
- bogzarad = must pass, may pass
- Sukhâr = Sychar
- nâm dâsht = was called
- qet'e-ye zamini = a parcel of land
- Ya'qub = Jacob
- Yusuf = Joseph
- châh-e Ya'qub = Jacob’s well
- safar = journey
- khaste bud = was tired, weary
- kenâr-e châh = beside the well
- nesheste bud = was sitting
- taqriban = approximately, about
- sâ'at-e sheshom = the sixth hour
4:7-15
Jesus Offers Living Water
- zani = a woman
- âb bekeshad = may draw water
- âb bedeh = give me water, give a drink
- khorâk bekharand = may buy food
- zan-e Sâmeri = Samaritan woman
- Yahudi = Jew, Jewish
- âb mi-khâhi = you ask for water
- morâvede nadârand = have no dealings, do not associate
- mowhebat-e Khodâ = gift of God
- darkhâst mi-kardi = you would have asked
- âb-e zende = living water
- Âqâ = sir, lord
- vasile-i = an implement, a means
- amiq = deep
- bozorgtar = greater
- dâmhâ-ye u = his livestock
- nushidand = they drank
- benushad = may drink, drinks
- tashne khâhad shod = will become thirsty
- cheshme-i = a spring, fountain
- tabdil khâhad shod = will become
- mi-jushad = springs up, bubbles up
- tashne nashavam = I may not become thirsty
- nayâyam = I may not come
4:16-19
Jesus Reveals the Woman’s Past
- shohar-at-râ = your husband
- sedâ kon = call, summon
- Shohar nadâram = I have no husband
- Khub gofti = you spoke well
- panj = five
- dâshte-i = you have had
- aknun = now
- shohar-e to = your husband
- râst gofte-i = you have spoken truly
- mi-binam = I see, perceive
- nabi = prophet
4:20-26
Worship in Spirit and Truth
- Pedarân-e mâ = our fathers, our ancestors
- kuh = mountain
- parastesh kardand = worshipped
- Urushalim = Jerusalem
- Bânu = lady, woman; respectful address
- bâvar kon = believe me
- sâ'ati mi-âyad = an hour is coming
- Pedar-râ = the Father
- parastesh khâhid kard = you will worship
- nemi-shenâsid = you do not know, recognize
- nejât = salvation
- farâ reside ast = has arrived, has come
- parasteshgarân-e haqiqi = true worshippers
- dar ruh va râsti = in spirit and truth
- mi-juyad = seeks
- Khodâ ruh ast = God is spirit
- Mesiyâ = Messiah
- Masih = Christ
- khânde mi-shavad = is called
- hame-chiz-râ = everything, all things
- hamânam = I am he
4:27-30
The Woman Calls the City
- dar hamin hengâm = at that very time
- ta'ajob kardand = they marveled, were surprised
- sokhan mi-goft = was speaking
- hichkas nagoft = no one said
- mi-juyi = you seek
- bar jâ gozasht = left behind
- kuze-ye khod-râ = her water jar
- mardom = people
- Biyâ'id = come
- mardi-râ = a man
- bebinid = see, look
- karde-am = I have done
- mumkin = possible
- birun âmadand = came out
- be suy-e u = toward him
- mi-âmadand = were coming
4:31-38
Jesus’s Food and the Harvest
- dar in miyân = in the meantime
- khâhesh mi-kardand = were asking, beseeching
- bokhor = eat
- khorâki = some food
- khabar nadârid = you do not know about it
- yekdigar = one another
- âvarde ast = has brought
- erâde-ye = will of
- ferestande-ye khod = the one who sent me
- be jâ âvaram = I may carry out
- be kamâl beresânam = I may bring to completion
- chahâr mâh = four months
- derow = harvest, reaping
- boland konid = lift up
- keshtezârhâ-râ = the fields
- sefid shode-and = have become white
- âmâde-and = are ready
- derowgar = reaper, harvester
- mozd mi-girad = receives wages
- mahsul-râ = the crop, fruit
- gerd mi-âvarad = gathers
- kârande = sower, planter
- shâd shavand = may rejoice
- mi-kârad = sows
- derow mi-konad = reaps
- ferestâdam = I sent
- zahmat nakeshide-id = you have not labored
- zahmat keshide-and = they have labored
- bahre borde-id = you have benefited, shared in
4:39-42
The Samaritans Believe
- besyâri = many, a great many
- Sâmeriyân-e = Samaritans of
- be-sabab-e = because of
- sokhan-e = word of, speech of
- shahâdat mi-dâd = was testifying
- bemânad = may remain, stay
- do ruz = two days
- bishtari = more, a greater number
- goftâr-e = speech of, words of
- khodemân = we ourselves
- shenide-im = we have heard
- Nejât-dehande-ye jahân = Savior of the world
4:43-45
Jesus Returns to Galilee
- pas az = after
- shahâdat dâde bud = had testified
- vatan-e khod = his own homeland
- hormati nadârad = has no honor
- Jaliliyân = Galileans
- paziroftand = received, welcomed
- hengâm-e eyd = during the feast
- anjâm dâde bud = had done
- âmede budand = had come
4:46-54
Jesus Heals the Royal Official’s Son
- Qânâ-ye Jalil = Cana of Galilee
- sharâb karde bud = had made into wine
- darbâri = court official, royal official
- Kafarnâhum = Capernaum
- bimâr = sick, ill
- khâhesh mi-kard = was asking, beseeching
- pâyin biyâyad = may come down
- shafâ dahad = may heal
- dar âstâne-ye marg = at the point of death
- neshânehâ = signs
- shegefti-hâ-râ = the wonders, marvels
- hargiz = never, by no means
- imân nakhâhid âvard = you will certainly not believe
- farzand-am = my child
- bemirad = may die, dies
- pesar-at zende ast = your son is alive
- be râh oftâd = set out, went on his way
- pâyin mi-raft = was going down
- khâdemân-e u = his servants
- be esteqbâl-ash âmadand = came to meet him
- hâl-e pesar-ash = his son’s condition
- behtar shod = became better
- diruz = yesterday
- sâ'at-e haftom = the seventh hour
- tab = fever
- rahâ kard = left, released
- daryâft = realized, understood
- tamâm-e ahl-e khâne-ash = his entire household
- dovomin = second
- neshâne-i = a sign