G1097

• {"n":"John 17:3","s":"This is life eternal, that they might know thee. Knowing here is relational, not informational.","u":"https:\/\/jayms.com\/bible-study-tools-2\/bible-translation-differences\/#id=john-17-3","r":"John 17:3","b":[{"l":"How modern translations read it","t":"Every version reads know."},{"l":"First, in plain English","t":"**I know him.** **I know about him.** English has the distinction and uses about to mark it. Hebrew and Greek lean on context instead."},{"l":"What you are seeing","t":"Ginosko translates Hebrew yada, which covers experiential acquaintance, including intimacy. The verse defines the life not by duration but by relationship, which is the strongest internal argument for reading aionios as quality rather than length."},{"l":"Why translators split","t":"English know covers both senses, so nothing is lost in the word. What is lost is the Hebrew background that makes the relational sense the default."},{"l":"The rule to carry away","t":"When a verse defines a term, the definition outranks every lexicon. John 17:3 defines eternal life inside the text."},{"l":"Choosing between them","t":"Know is universal."},{"l":"The word","t":"\u03b3\u03b9\u03bd\u03ce\u03c3\u03ba\u03c9 ginosko \u00b7 G1097"}],"src":["ginosko for yada in the Septuagint","yada as relational: Genesis 4:1; Amos 3:2","John 17:3 as an internal definition"]}