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John 12

John 12:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Fear
phobeo (Greek #5399)
to frighten, i.e. (passively) to be alarmed; by analogy, to be in awe of, i.e. revere
KJV usage: be (+ sore) afraid, fear (exceedingly), reverence.
Pronounce: fob-eh'-o
Origin: from 5401
not
me (Greek #3361)
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas 3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
KJV usage: any but (that), X forbear, + God forbid, + lack, lest, neither, never, no (X wise in), none, nor, (can-)not, nothing, that not, un(-taken), without. Often used in compounds in substantially the same relations. See also 3362, 3363, 3364, 3372, 3373, 3375, 3378.
Pronounce: may
Origin: a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas 3756 expresses an absolute denial)
, daughter
thugater (Greek #2364)
a female child, or (by Hebraism) descendant (or inhabitant)
KJV usage: daughter.
Pronounce: thoo-gat'-air
Origin: apparently a primary word (compare "daughter")
of Sion
Sion (Greek #4622)
Sion (i.e. Tsijon), a hill of Jerusalem; figuratively, the Church (militant or triumphant)
KJV usage: Sion.
Pronounce: see-own'
Origin: of Hebrew origin (06726)
: behold
idou (Greek #2400)
second person singular imperative middle voice of 1492; used as imperative lo!; --behold, lo, see.
Pronounce: id-oo'
, thy
sou (Greek #4675)
of thee, thy
KJV usage: X home, thee, thine (own), thou, thy.
Pronounce: soo
Origin: genitive case of 4771
King
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
basileus (Greek #935)
a sovereign (abstractly, relatively, or figuratively)
KJV usage: king.
Pronounce: bas-il-yooce'
Origin: probably from 939 (through the notion of a foundation of power)
cometh
erchomai (Greek #2064)
middle voice of a primary verb (used only in the present and imperfect tenses, the others being supplied by a kindred (middle voice) ἐλεύθομαι (el-yoo'-thom-ahee), or (active) ἔλθω (el'-tho), which do not otherwise occur) to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: accompany, appear, bring, come, enter, fall out, go, grow, X light, X next, pass, resort, be set.
Pronounce: er'-khom-ahee
, sitting
kathemai (Greek #2521)
and ἧμαι (to sit; akin to the base of 1476); to sit down; figuratively, to remain, reside
KJV usage: dwell, sit (by, down).
Pronounce: kath'-ay-mahee
Origin: from 2596
on
epi (Greek #1909)
properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e. over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc.
KJV usage: about (the times), above, after, against, among, as long as (touching), at, beside, X have charge of, (be-, (where-))fore, in (a place, as much as, the time of, -to), (because) of, (up-)on (behalf of), over, (by, for) the space of, through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), with. In compounds it retains essentially the same import, at, upon, etc. (literally or figuratively).
Pronounce: ep-ee'
Origin: a primary preposition
an ass’s
onos (Greek #3688)
a donkey
KJV usage: an ass.
Pronounce: on'-os
Origin: apparently a primary word
colt
polos (Greek #4454)
a "foal" or "filly", i.e. (specially), a young ass
KJV usage: colt.
Pronounce: po'-los
Origin: apparently a primary word
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Ass,
Colt,
Daughter,
King,
Sion

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Fear.
Isa. 35:4‑5•  (Isa. 35:4‑5)
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Isa. 40:9‑10•  (Isa. 40:9‑10)
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Isa. 41:14•  (Isa. 41:14)
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Isa. 62:11•  (Isa. 62:11)
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Mic. 4:8•  (Mic. 4:8)
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Zeph. 3:16‑17•  (Zeph. 3:16‑17)
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Zech. 2:9‑11•  (Zech. 2:9‑11)
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Matt. 2:2‑6• 2{i}Where is the king of the Jews that has been born? for we have seen his star in the east, and have come to do him homage.{/i}
 3{i}But Herod the king having heard [of it], was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him;{/i}
 4{i}and, assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ should be born.{/i}
 5{i}And they said to him, In Bethlehem of Judea; for thus it is written through the prophet:{/i}
 6{i}And thou Bethlehem, land of Juda, art in no wise the least among the governors of Juda; for out of thee shall go forth a leader who shall shepherd my people Israel.{/i} (Matt. 2:2‑6)
sitting.
Deut. 17:16•  (Deut. 17:16)
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Judg. 5:10•  (Judg. 5:10)
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Judg. 12:14•  (Judg. 12:14)
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2 Sam. 15:1•  (2 Sam. 15:1)
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2 Sam. 16:2•  (2 Sam. 16:2)
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1 Kings 1:33•  (1 Kings 1:33)
• The second testimony of God to Christ has now been borne to Him, as the true Son of David. He has been witnessed to as the Son of God in raising Lazarus (ch. 11:4), and Son of David in riding into Jerusalem on the ass’s colt. (“John 12” by J.N. Darby)
• {v.14-15} Nor was it mere enthusiasm in the crowd, but God at work; and the Lord Himself sat on the young ass according to the prophecy of Zech. 9. (“John 12” by W. Kelly)
• It was but a testimony at the time, and in the word to faith; when He comes, having salvation for His own, it will be in destructive judgment of all that oppose. (“John 12” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Fear not, daughter of Zion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass’s colt.

W. Kelly Translation

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Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, thy king cometh, sitting upon an ass’s colt.