surface_form: ειμι

tense: present

aspect: present

mood: indicative

voice: active

number: sg

notes: John 8:58: 'prin Abraam genesthai ego eimi' — before Abraham was, I am. Present tense with timeless/absolute force.


surface_form: ην

tense: imperfect

aspect: imperfect

notes: John 1:1: 'en arche en ho logos' — In the beginning was the Word. The imperfect here indicates continuous pre-temporal existence, not a single past event.


surface_form: λογος

case: nominative

gender: m

notes: John 1:1 — ho logos. With definite article: the Word.


surface_form: εγενετο

tense: aorist

aspect: aorist

voice: middle

notes: John 1:3: 'panta di autou egeneto' — all things came into being through him. Aorist: a single completed act of coming into being. Distinct from eimi (continuous being).


surface_form: αρχη

case: dative

gender: f

notes: John 1:1: 'en arche' — in the beginning. Dative of location/time. cf. Bereshit bereshit.


surface_form: φως

gender: n

notes: John 1:4-5: the life was the light of men; the light shines in darkness.