John 17:9

Greek	ἐγὼ περὶ αὐτῶνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigαὐτός greek Meaning * He, she, it * Himself, herself, itself * Same Personal pronoun (reflexive). Occurs more than 5,000 times in the New Testament. Core uses Function English Equivalent Typical Translation Example (Greek) Example (English) ἐρωτῶ· οὐ περὶ τοῦplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ, ἡ, τό greek Meaning: * The The definite article. Forms Singular Case Masculine Feminine Neuter Nominative ὁ ἡ τό Genitive τοῦ τῆς τοῦ Dative τῷ τῇ κόσμου ἐρωτῶ, ἀλλὰ περὶ ὧνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὅς, ἥ, ὅ greek Meaning: * Who * Which * What The relative pronoun that connects a relative clause to a main clause, referring back to a noun or pronoun (called the antecedent). It is distinct from ὅτι (“that,” introducing indirect speech) and from ὅς as an interrogative in older Greek (meaning δέδωκάς μοι, ὅτι σοί εἰσίν,plugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί greek εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”). It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g.
ESV	I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours.
NIV	I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours.
NLT	“My prayer is not for the world, but for those you have given me, because they belong to you.
KJV	I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.

^{John 17:8 ← John 17:9 → John 17:10}

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