for

to become, i.e. to come into existence, begin to be, receive being

to become, i.e. to come to pass, happen

1. of events

to arise, appear in history, come upon the stage

1. of men appearing in public

to be made, finished

1. of miracles, to be performed, wrought

to become, be made

to see

1. to perceive with the eyes

2. to perceive by any of the senses

3. to perceive, notice, discern, discover

4. to see

   1. i.e. to turn the eyes, the mind, the attention to anything

   2. to pay attention, observe

   3. to see about something

      1. i.e. to ascertain what must be done about it

   4. to inspect, examine

   5. to look at, behold

5. to experience any state or condition

6. to see i.e. have an interview with, to visit

to know

1. to know of anything

2. to know, i.e. get knowledge of, understand, perceive

   1. of any fact

   2. the force and meaning of something which has definite meaning

   3. to know how, to be skilled in

3. to have regard for one, cherish, pay attention to (1Th. 5:12)

in, by, with etc.

a god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities

the Godhead, trinity

1. God the Father, the first person in the trinity

2. Christ, the second person of the trinity

3. Holy Spirit, the third person in the trinity

spoken of the only and true God

1. refers to the things of God

2. his counsels, interests, things due to him

whatever can in any respect be likened unto God, or resemble him in any way

1. God's representative or viceregent

   1. of magistrates and judges

according as

1. just as, even as

2. in proportion as, in the degree that

since, seeing that, agreeably to the fact that

when, after that

flattery, flattering discourse

of speech

1. a word, uttered by a living voice, embodies a conception or idea

2. what someone has said

   1. a word

   2. the sayings of God

   3. decree, mandate or order

   4. of the moral precepts given by God

   5. Old Testament prophecy given by the prophets

   6. what is declared, a thought, declaration, aphorism, a weighty saying, a dictum, a maxim

3. discourse

   1. the act of speaking, speech

   2. the faculty of speech, skill and practice in speaking

   3. a kind or style of speaking

   4. a continuous speaking discourse - instruction

4. doctrine, teaching

5. anything reported in speech; a narration, narrative

6. matter under discussion, thing spoken of, affair, a matter in dispute, case, suit at law

7. the thing spoken of or talked about; event, deed

its use as respect to the MIND alone

1. reason, the mental faculty of thinking, meditating, reasoning, calculating

2. account, i.e. regard, consideration

3. account, i.e. reckoning, score

4. account, i.e. answer or explanation in reference to judgment

5. relation, i.e. with whom as judge we stand in relation

   1. reason would

6. reason, cause, ground

In John, denotes the essential Word of God, Jesus Christ, the personal wisdom and power in union with God, his minister in creation and government of the universe, the cause of all the world's life both physical and ethical, which for the procurement of man's salvation put on human nature in the person of Jesus the Messiah, the second person in the Godhead, and shone forth conspicuously from His words and deeds.

a witness

1. in a legal sense

2. an historical sense

   1. one who is a spectator of anything, e.g. of a contest

3. in an ethical sense

   1. those who after his example have proved the strength and genuineness of their faith in Christ by undergoing a violent death

neither, and not

greedy desire to have more, covetousness, avarice

once i.e. formerly, aforetime, at some time

a pretext (alleged reason, pretended cause)

show

1. under colour as though they would do something

2. in pretence, ostensibly