γεγεννημένος (gegennemenos) in John 3:8: Verb Perfect Passive Participle Nominative Singular Masculine

Participle: the verbal form describes a person by an action or state, here the one who has been born of the Spirit.

Nominative: the participle agrees with the subject-like phrase ??? ? and names the person Jesus describes.

Singular: the participle works with ??? to speak of each one described by the statement.

Masculine: the participle uses masculine grammatical form with ??? and should not be turned into a claim that the statement applies only to males.

Perfect: presents the born condition as a present state resulting from the action, but it should not be overpressed into a full doctrinal system by itself.

Passive: presents the person as receiving the action of being born, while the phrase from the Spirit supplies the source relation.

Participle: the form is not a finite mood; it describes the person in the comparison rather than issuing a command.

Not applicable: this participle does not use grammatical person.

The phrase ??? ? ???????????? ?? ??? ?????????

The comparison introduced by ????? ????

???????????? Is the perfect passive participle in the phrase "??? ? ???????????? ?? ??? ?????????". It identifies the person to whom Jesus applies the wind/Spirit comparison.

The perfect participle does not by itself define the whole doctrine of new birth, and masculine grammatical form does not restrict the statement to men.

High: The participle identifies the person to whom Jesus applies the wind/Spirit comparison.

Verb Perfect Passive Participle Nominative Singular Masculine. names everyone characterized as born of the Spirit. Attached to ??? ? in John 3:8. Governed by the comparison introduced by ????? ????. The syntax should be explained from the clause, not isolated from the passage.

Who is Jesus describing with the wind/Spirit comparison? The participle identifies everyone who has been born of the Spirit.

Direct: The form directly supports wording such as "everyone born of the Spirit."

Perfect aspect should not be overpressed apart from the comparison. Passive voice marks received action, while the ?? phrase supplies the source relation. Masculine grammatical agreement with ??? is not a male-only limitation.

Perfect tense proves a full doctrine by itself: The perfect participle contributes to the description, but the passage controls the doctrinal claim. masculine means male only: Masculine grammatical form with ??? should not be turned into a gender exclusion.

The Textus Receptus witness for John 3:8 reads γεγεννημένος with the morphology label Verb Perfect Passive Participle Nominative Singular Masculine.

The lemma is γεννάω. The gloss "I beget, bring forth, give birth to" orients this occurrence, but the sentence controls the public claim.

???????????? Is the perfect passive participle in the phrase "??? ? ???????????? ?? ??? ?????????". It identifies the person to whom Jesus applies the wind/Spirit comparison.

John 3:8 applies the wind/Spirit comparison to everyone born of the Spirit.

The form gathers the new-birth language of John 3:3-8 into the person described by Jesus' comparison.

When teaching John 3:8, use the participle to show who the comparison describes, while keeping the perfect and passive features under the control of the passage.

Do not use the perfect participle alone to build an entire doctrine of regeneration or use masculine grammar to narrow the promise to males.