a brother, whether born of the same two parents or only of the same father or mother

having the same national ancestor, belonging to the same people, or countryman

any fellow or man

a fellow believer, united to another by the bond of affection

an associate in employment or office

brethren in Christ

1. his brothers by blood

2. all men

3. apostles

4. Christians, as those who are exalted to the same heavenly place

therefore, so then, wherefore

through

1. of place

   1. with

   2. in

2. of time

   1. throughout

   2. during

3. of means

   1. by

   2. by the means of

through

1. the ground or reason by which something is or is not done

   1. by reason of

   2. on account of

   3. because of for this reason

   4. therefore

   5. on this account

to teach

1. to hold discourse with others in order to instruct them, deliver didactic discourses

2. to be a teacher

3. to discharge the office of a teacher, conduct one's self as a teacher

to teach one

1. to impart instruction

2. instill doctrine into one

3. the thing taught or enjoined

4. to explain or expound a thing

5. to teach one something

I, me, my

if ... if

whether ... or

a letter, epistle

our, we, us

and, also, even, indeed, but

to have power, be powerful

1. to be chief, be master of, to rule

to get possession of

1. to become master of, to obtain

2. to take hold of

3. to take hold of, take, seize

   1. to lay hands on one in order to get him into one's power

to hold

1. to hold in the hand

2. to hold fast, i.e. not discard or let go

   1. to keep carefully and faithfully

3. to continue to hold, to retain

   1. of death continuing to hold one

   2. to hold in check, restrain

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.

this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than "the" counted

who, which, what, that

then, therefore, accordingly, consequently, these things being so

giving up, giving over

1. the act of giving up

2. the surrender of cities

a giving over which is done by word of mouth or in writing, i.e. tradition by instruction, narrative, precept, etc.

1. objectively, that which is delivered, the substance of a teaching

2. of the body of precepts, esp. ritual, which in the opinion of the later Jews were orally delivered by Moses and orally transmitted in unbroken succession to subsequent generations, which precepts, both illustrating and expanding the written law, as they did were to be obeyed with equal reverence

to stand firm

to persevere, to persist

to keep one's standing