John 4:6
Greek (Tischendorf 8th ed.) John 4:6 appears in the Greek New Testament. The text above is from the Tischendorf 8th edition. Each word links to its Strong’s number and a concise gloss. Click any word for its full Thayer’s Greek Lexicon entry.Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being tired from his journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being tired from his journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
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King James Version Public Domain
Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Now the well of Jacob was there. Then Jesus, having grown weary from the journey, was sitting right beside the well. It was about the sixth hour.
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Every available English version of this verse, each an independent rendering of the whole verse.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being tired from his journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
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Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
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Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
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King James Version Public Domain
Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.
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American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
and Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
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Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
and Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
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Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
And there was Iacobs well. Iesus then wearied in the iourney, sate thus on the well: it was about the sixt houre.
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Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well. It was about the sixth hour.
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Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
and there was there a well of Jacob. Jesus therefore having been weary from the journeying, was sitting thus on the well; it was as it were the sixth hour;
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Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
and there was there a well of Jacob. Jesus therefore having been weary from the journeying, was thus sitting on the well; it was as it were the sixth hour;
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Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
The well of Jacob was there. Jesus was tired from his journey and sat by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Now the well of Jacob was there. Then Jesus, having grown weary from the journey, was sitting right beside the well. It was about the sixth hour.
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Darby Bible Public Domain
Now a fountain of Jacob's was there; Jesus therefore, being wearied with the way he had come, sat just as he was at the fountain. It was about the sixth hour.
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World Messianic Bible Public Domain
Jacob’s well was there. Yeshua therefore, being tired from his journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
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Webster's Bible Public Domain
Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.
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Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
Jacob's well was there, and Jesus, who was tired from the journey, sat straight down beside the well. It was around noon.
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Bible in Basic English Public Domain
Now Jacob's fountain was there. Jesus, being tired after his journey, was resting by the fountain. It was about the sixth hour.
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Text-Critical English NT CC BY 4.0
Jacob's well was there, so Jesus, wearied as he was from the journey, sat by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
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Tyndale New Testament (1534) Public Domain
And there was Iacobs well. Iesus then weryed in his iorney sate thus on the well. And it was about the sixte houre:
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- Appears 2× in the Greek New Testament
- First appears here
- Part of Speech
- Noun
- Case
- Genitive
- Number
- Singular
- Gender
- Feminine
Full Thayer's Definition
- ἦν eimí G1510 “to be” Verb, Imperfect, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular
- δὲ dé G1161 “but” Conjunction
- ἐκεῖ ekeî G1563 “there” Adverb
- πηγὴ pēgḗ G4077 “fountain” Noun, Nominative, Singular, Feminine
- τοῦ ho G3588 “the” Article, Genitive, Singular, Masculine
- Ἰακώβ Iakṓb G2384 “Jacob” Noun, Proper, indeclinable
- ὁ ho G3588 “the” Article, Nominative, Singular, Masculine
- οὖν oûn G3767 “therefore” Conjunction
- Ἰησοῦς Iēsoûs G2424 “Jesus” Noun, Nominative, Singular, Masculine
- κεκοπιακὼς kopiáō G2872 “to toil” Verb, Perfect, Active, Participle, Nominative, Singular, Masculine
- ἐκ ek G1537 “from” Preposition
- τῆς ho G3588 “the” Article, Genitive, Singular, Feminine
- ὁδοιπορίας hodoiporía G3597 “journey” Noun, Genitive, Singular, Feminine
- ἐκαθέζετο kathézomai G2516 “to sit down” Verb, Imperfect, Middle or Passive deponent, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular
- οὕτως hoútō G3779 “thus” Adverb
- ἐπὶ epí G1909 “upon” Preposition
- τῇ ho G3588 “the” Article, Dative, Singular, Feminine
- πηγῇ pēgḗ G4077 “fountain” Noun, Dative, Singular, Feminine
- ὥρα hṓra G5610 “hour” Noun, Nominative, Singular, Feminine
- ἦν eimí G1510 “to be” Verb, Imperfect, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular
- ὡς hōs G5613 “as” Adverb
- ἕκτη héktos G1623 “sixth” Adjective, Nominative, Singular, Feminine
About this verse
These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →
- 22
- words
- 17
- distinct lemmas
- Gospels
- section
Notable vocabulary
The rarest word here is ὁδοιπορίας journey G3597 — appearing just 2 times in the whole Greek New Testament.
First appearance in Scripture
This word makes its first canonical appearance in the Greek New Testament here:
- ὁδοιπορίας journey G3597
Shared distinctive vocabulary
ὁδοιπορίας journey G3597 occurs in 2 verses of the Greek New Testament. Also found in:
Cross-references
9Topical passages linked to John 4:6 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.
- Hebrews 4:15 For we don't have a high priest who can't be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin.
- Hebrews 2:17 Therefore he was obligated in all things to be made like his brothers, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.
- Matthew 8:24 Behold, a great tempest arose in the sea, so much that the boat was covered with the waves, but he was asleep.
- Matthew 4:2 When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward.
- Matthew 27:45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
- Luke 2:7 She brought forth her firstborn son, and she wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a feeding trough, because there was no room for them in the inn.
- Luke 9:58 Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."
- John 11:9 Jesus answered, "Aren't there twelve hours of daylight? If a man walks in the day, he doesn't stumble, because he sees the light of this world.
- 2 Corinthians 8:9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.
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Lesson kit
Teaching starters — assembled from the data on this page, not authored interpretation. Every prompt links to the verse data it draws on. Edit before teaching.
John, in the Gospels, opens this verse with 22 words (17 distinct Greek lemmas). Its most distinctive word is hodoiporía (“journey”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Discussion questions
- The word hodoiporía carries the sense “journey.” How does it shape the verse?
- This is the first place “journey” appears in Scripture (first appears here). What does its debut here establish?
- How does 2 Corinthians 11:26, which shares the word «journey», read alongside this verse?
- What does the repetition of “to be” (2× in this one verse) do in this verse?
- These translations render this verse differently; the difference is in the English rendering, not the original. What questions does that raise?
- Compare how MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture and Bengel's Gnomon read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?
Things to notice
- 1 word makes its first canonical appearance in Scripture here.
- These translations choose different wording for 16 words in this verse.
- “to be” occurs 2× in this single verse.
- 17 distinct Greek lemmas span 22 words in this verse.
Commentary
Notes on John 4:6 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.
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MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture
Alexander MacLaren
Alexander MacLaren, Expositions of Holy Scripture (1904–1910) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Bengel's Gnomon
Johann Albrecht Bengel
Bengel's Gnomon of the New Testament — English translation (T&T Clark, Edinburgh, 1860) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Meyer's Critical & Exegetical Commentary
Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer
Meyer — Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament — English translation by Peter Christie, edited by Frederick Crombie (T&T Clark, 1880) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Expositor's Greek Testament
ed. W. Robertson Nicoll
The Expositor's Greek Testament, edited by W. Robertson Nicoll (1897–1910) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Godet's Commentaries
Frédéric Louis Godet
Frédéric Louis Godet — Commentaries on Luke, John, Romans, and 1 Corinthians — English translation (T&T Clark, Edinburgh, 1870s–1890s) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Geneva Bible (1599)
Geneva Bible translators
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill's Exposition
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Trapp's Complete Commentary
John Trapp
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible
Daniel D. Whedon
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
The People's New Testament
B. W. Johnson
B. W. Johnson's The People's New Testament with Notes (1889–1891) — public domain. Electronic text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL) ThML edition.
unfoldingWord translationNotes
Door43 World Missions Community
unfoldingWord translationNotes — © Distant Shores Media and the Door43 World Missions Community, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: git.door43.org/Door43/en_tn.
Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges
Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges (Cambridge University Press, 1896; 21 vols, various authors incl. Carr, Maclear, Plummer, Farrar, Lumby, Moule, M. R. James, Simcox) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Alford’s Greek Testament
Henry Alford
Henry Alford, The Greek Testament (1849–1861) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
International Critical Commentary
International Critical Commentary — older volumes (1896–1929), various authors — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament
Marvin R. Vincent
Marvin R. Vincent, Word Studies in the New Testament (1887–1900) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.