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John 1:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

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No man
oudeis (Greek #3762)
not even one (man, woman or thing), i.e. none, nobody, nothing
KJV usage: any (man), aught, man, neither any (thing), never (man), no (man), none (+ of these things), not (any, at all, -thing), nought.
Pronounce: oo-dice'
Origin: οὐδεμία (oo-dem-ee'-ah), and neuter οὐδέν (oo-den') from 3761 and 1520
hath seen
horao (Greek #3708)
by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear
KJV usage: behold, perceive, see, take heed.
Pronounce: hor-ah'-o
Origin: properly, to stare at (compare 3700), i.e. (by implication) to discern clearly (physically or mentally)
God
theos (Greek #2316)
a deity, especially (with 3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very
KJV usage: X exceeding, God, god(-ly, -ward).
Pronounce: theh'-os
Origin: of uncertain affinity
d at any time
popote (Greek #4455)
at any time, i.e. (with negative particle) at no time
KJV usage: at any time, + never (...to any man), + yet, never man.
Pronounce: po'-pot-e
Origin: from 4452 and 4218
; thee only begotten
monogenes (Greek #3439)
only-born, i.e. sole
KJV usage: only (begotten, child).
Pronounce: mon-og-en-ace'
Origin: from 3441 and 1096
Son
huios (Greek #5207)
a "son" (sometimes of animals), used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship
KJV usage: child, foal, son.
Pronounce: hwee-os'
Origin: apparently a primary word
, which
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
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on (Greek #5607)
and the neuter ὄν (on) present participle of 1510; being
KJV usage: be, come, have.
Pronounce: oan
Origin: οὖσα (oo'-sah)
in
eis (Greek #1519)
to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
KJV usage: (abundant-)ly, against, among, as, at, (back-)ward, before, by, concerning, + continual, + far more exceeding, for (intent, purpose), fore, + forth, in (among, at, unto, -so much that, -to), to the intent that, + of one mind, + never, of, (up-)on, + perish, + set at one again, (so) that, therefore(-unto), throughout, til, to (be, the end, -ward), (here-)until(-to), ...ward, (where-)fore, with. Often used in composition with the same general import, but only with verbs (etc.) expressing motion (literally or figuratively).
Pronounce: ice
Origin: a primary preposition
the bosom
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
kolpos (Greek #2859)
the bosom; by analogy, a bay
KJV usage: bosom, creek.
Pronounce: kol'-pos
Origin: apparently a primary word
of the Father
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
pater (Greek #3962)
a "father" (literally or figuratively, near or more remote)
KJV usage: father, parent.
Pronounce: pat-ayr'
Origin: apparently a primary word
, he
ekeinos (Greek #1565)
that one (or (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed
KJV usage: he, it, the other (same), selfsame, that (same, very), X their, X them, they, this, those. See also 3778.
Pronounce: ek-i'-nos
Origin: from 1563
hath declared
exegeomai (Greek #1834)
to consider out (aloud), i.e. rehearse, unfold
KJV usage: declare, tell.
Pronounce: ex-ayg-eh'-om-ahee
Origin: from 1537 and 2233
him.*
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
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Ex. 33:20• 20And he said, Thou canst not see my face; for Man shall not see me, and live. (Ex. 33:20)
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1 Tim. 6:16• 16who only has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light; whom no man has seen, nor is able to see; to whom be honour and eternal might. Amen. (1 Tim. 6:16)
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1 John 4:9• 9Herein as to us has been manifested the love of God, that God has sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. (1 John 4:9)

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John 6:46• 46not that any one has seen the Father, except he who is of God, he has seen the Father. (John 6:46)
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Ex. 33:20• 20And he said, Thou canst not see my face; for Man shall not see me, and live. (Ex. 33:20)
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Deut. 4:12• 12And Jehovah spoke to you from the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but ye saw no form; only ye heard a voice. (Deut. 4:12)
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Matt. 11:27• 27All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son but the Father, nor does any one know the Father, but the Son, and he to whom the Son may be pleased to reveal him. (Matt. 11:27)
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Luke 10:22• 22All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is but the Father, and who the Father is but the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son is pleased to reveal him. (Luke 10:22)
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Col. 1:15• 15who is image of the invisible God, firstborn of all creation; (Col. 1:15)
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1 Tim. 1:17• 17Now to the King of the ages, the incorruptible, invisible, only God, honour and glory to the ages of ages. Amen. (1 Tim. 1:17)
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1 Tim. 6:16• 16who only has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light; whom no man has seen, nor is able to see; to whom be honour and eternal might. Amen. (1 Tim. 6:16)
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1 John 4:12,20• 12No one has seen God at any time: if we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is perfected in us.
 20If any one say, I love God, and hate his brother, he is a liar: for he that loves not his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? (1 John 4:12,20)
the only.
John 1:14• 14And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we have contemplated his glory, a glory as of an only-begotten with a father), full of grace and truth; (John 1:14)
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John 3:16‑18• 16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whosoever believes on him may not perish, but have life eternal.
 17For God has not sent his Son into the world that he may judge the world, but that the world may be saved through him.
 18He that believes on him is not judged: but he that believes not has been already judged, because he has not believed on the name of the only-begotten Son of God. (John 3:16‑18)
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1 John 4:9• 9Herein as to us has been manifested the love of God, that God has sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. (1 John 4:9)
in the.
John 13:23• 23Now there was at table one of his disciples in the bosom of Jesus, whom Jesus loved. (John 13:23)
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Prov. 8:30• 30then I was by him his nursling, and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; (Prov. 8:30)
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Isa. 40:11• 11He will feed his flock like a shepherd: he will gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom; he will gently lead those that give suck. (Isa. 40:11)
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Lam. 2:12• 12They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swoon as the wounded in the streets of the city; when they pour out their soul into their mothers' bosom. (Lam. 2:12)
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Luke 16:22‑23• 22And it came to pass that the poor man died, and that he was carried away by the angels into the bosom of Abraham. And the rich man also died and was buried.
 23And in hades lifting up his eyes, being in torments, he sees Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. (Luke 16:22‑23)
he hath.
John 12:41• 41These things said Esaias because he saw his glory and spoke of him. (John 12:41)
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John 14:9• 9Jesus says to him, Am I so long a time with you, and thou hast not known me, Philip? He that has seen me has seen the Father; and how sayest thou, Shew us the Father? (John 14:9)
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John 17:6,26• 6I have manifested thy name to the men whom thou gavest me out of the world. They were thine, and thou gavest them me, and they have kept thy word.
 26And I have made known to them thy name, and will make it known; that the love with which thou hast loved me may be in them and I in them. (John 17:6,26)
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Gen. 16:13• 13And she called the name of Jehovah who spoke to her, Thou art the *God who reveals himself, for she said, Also here have I seen after he has revealed himself. (Gen. 16:13)
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Gen. 18:33• 33And Jehovah went away when he had ended speaking to Abraham; and Abraham returned to his place. (Gen. 18:33)
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Gen. 32:28‑30• 28And he said, Thy name shall not henceforth be called Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast wrestled with God, and with men, and hast prevailed.
 29And Jacob asked and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, How is it that thou askest after my name? And he blessed him there.
 30And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel--For I have seen God face to face, and my life has been preserved. (Gen. 32:28‑30)
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Gen. 48:15‑16• 15And he blessed Joseph, and said, The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God that shepherded me all my life long to this day,
 16the Angel that redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named upon them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the land! (Gen. 48:15‑16)
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Ex. 3:4‑6• 4And Jehovah saw that he turned aside to see, and God called to him out of the midst of the thorn-bush and said, Moses, Moses! And he said, Here am I.
 5And he said, Draw not nigh hither: loose thy sandals from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
 6And he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look at God. (Ex. 3:4‑6)
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Ex. 23:21• 21Be careful in his presence, and hearken unto his voice: do not provoke him, for he will not forgive your transgressions; for my name is in him. (Ex. 23:21)
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Ex. 33:18‑23• 18And he said, Let me, I pray thee, see thy glory.
 19And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thy face, and I will proclaim the name of Jehovah before thee; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.
 20And he said, Thou canst not see my face; for Man shall not see me, and live.
 21And Jehovah said, Behold, there is a place by me: there shalt thou stand on the rock.
 22And it shall come to pass, when my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a cleft of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand, until I have passed by.
 23And I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see me from behind; but my face shall not be seen. (Ex. 33:18‑23)
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Ex. 34:5‑7• 5And Jehovah came down in the cloud, and stood beside him there, and proclaimed the name of Jehovah.
 6And Jehovah passed by before his face, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah *God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth,
 7keeping mercy unto thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but by no means clearing the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation. (Ex. 34:5‑7)
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Num. 12:8• 8Mouth to mouth do I speak to him openly, and not in riddles; and the form of Jehovah doth he behold. Why then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses? (Num. 12:8)
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Josh. 5:13‑15• 13And it came to pass when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, there stood a man before him with his sword drawn in his hand. And Joshua went to him, and said to him: Art thou for us, or for our enemies?
 14And he said, No; for as captain of the army of Jehovah am I now come. Then Joshua fell upon his face to the earth, and worshipped, and said to him, What saith my lord unto his servant?
 15And the captain of Jehovah's army said to Joshua, Loose thy sandal from off thy foot: for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so. (Josh. 5:13‑15)
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Josh. 6:1‑2• 1Now Jericho was shut up and was barred, because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.
 2And Jehovah said to Joshua, See, I have given into thy hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the valiant men. (Josh. 6:1‑2)
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Judg. 6:12‑26• 12And the Angel of Jehovah appeared to him, and said to him, Jehovah is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.
 13And Gideon said to him, Ah my Lord, if Jehovah be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where are all his miracles that our fathers told us of, saying, Did not Jehovah bring us up from Egypt? And now Jehovah hath cast us off, and given us into the hand of Midian.
 14And Jehovah looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of Midian. Have not I sent thee?
 15And he said to him, Ah Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my thousand is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.
 16And Jehovah said to him, I will certainly be with thee; and thou shalt smite Midian as one man.
 17And he said to him, If now I have found favour in thine eyes, shew me a sign that it is thou who talkest with me.
 18Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again.
 19And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid of the goats, and an ephah of flour in unleavened cakes: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out to him under the terebinth, and presented it.
 20And the Angel of God said to him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so.
 21And the Angel of Jehovah put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. And the Angel of Jehovah departed out of his sight.
 22And Gideon perceived that he was an angel of Jehovah; and Gideon said, Alas, Lord Jehovah! for because I have seen an angel of Jehovah face to face …
 23And Jehovah said to him, Peace be unto thee: fear not; thou shalt not die.
 24And Gideon built there an altar to Jehovah, and called it Jehovah-shalom. To this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites.
 25And it came to pass the same night, that Jehovah said to him, Take the young bullock, which thy father hath, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the Asherah that is by it;
 26and build an altar to Jehovah thy God upon the top of this strong place in the ordered manner, and take the second bullock, and offer up a burnt-offering with the wood of the Asherah that thou shalt cut down. (Judg. 6:12‑26)
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Judg. 13:20‑23• 20And it came to pass, as the flame went up from off the altar towards the heavens, that the Angel of Jehovah ascended in the flame of the altar; and Manoah and his wife looked on, and fell on their faces to the ground.
 21And the Angel of Jehovah appeared no more to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that it was the Angel of Jehovah.
 22And Manoah said to his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
 23But his wife said to him, If Jehovah were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt-offering and an oblation at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would he at this time have told us such things as these. (Judg. 13:20‑23)
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Isa. 6:1‑3• 1In the year of the death of king Uzziah, I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple.
 2Seraphim were standing above him: each had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he flew.
 3And one called to the other and said, Holy, holy, holy is Jehovah of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory! (Isa. 6:1‑3)
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Ezek. 1:26‑28• 26And above the expanse that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone; and upon the likeness of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.
 27And I saw as the look of glowing brass, as the appearance of fire, within it round about; from the appearance of his loins and upward, and from the appearance of his loins and downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about.
 28As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Jehovah. And when I saw, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of one that spoke. (Ezek. 1:26‑28)
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Hos. 12:3‑5• 3He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and in his strength he wrestled with God.
 4Yea, he wrestled with the Angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us,
 5--even Jehovah, the God of hosts,--Jehovah is his memorial. (Hos. 12:3‑5)
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Matt. 11:27• 27All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son but the Father, nor does any one know the Father, but the Son, and he to whom the Son may be pleased to reveal him. (Matt. 11:27)
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Luke 10:22• 22All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is but the Father, and who the Father is but the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son is pleased to reveal him. (Luke 10:22)
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1 John 5:20• 20And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding that we should know him that is true; and we are in him that is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. (1 John 5:20)
• It was not only the character of His glory here below; it is what He was (what He had been, what He ever is) in the Father’s own bosom in the Godhead: and it is thus that He declared Him. (“John 1” by J.N. Darby)
• He revealed God as He knew Him, as the only-begotten Son in the bosom of the Father. It was not only the character of His glory here below; it is what He was (what He had been, what He ever is) in the Father’s own bosom in the Godhead: and it is thus that He declared Him. (“John 1” by J.N. Darby)
• Christ is the truth, the revealer and revelation of God….Nowhere does scripture say with rationalists and, one regrets to add, with theologians, that God is the truth. Not so: God is the “I AM,” the self-subsisting One; He is light, He is love. (“John 1” by W. Kelly)
• The Son is in the bosom of the Father, not who was, as if He had left it; as He left the glory and is now gone back into glory as man. He never left the Father’s bosom. (“John 1” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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No one has seen God at any time; the only-begotten Son, who is inf the bosom of the Father, *he* hath declared him.

JND Translation Notes

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Eis, not en. perhaps "on." The expression indicates the place where, or the state. see Acts 8.23; Mark 1.9. In chap. 13 it is en in ver. 23, epi in ver. 25.

W. Kelly Translation

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No one hath seen God at any time: the only-begotten Sona who is in the bosom of the Father—he declared [him].

WK Translation Notes

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Though there is ancient support, of "God," instead of the ordinary reading "Son." Nevertheless many MSS. read "only-begotten Son." It is not according to the analogy of scripture to speak of "only-begotten God;" and "Son" is the true correlate to "Father."