April 9, 2008
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WORLD, A REFERENCE TO PEOPLE
MASCULINE GENDER
Nestles Text Word/Numb ═══ Grammar ═══ JOHN  1: 10   Translation
en            1722  1 ---- ---- dat -- prep---  in
o             3588  2 mas  artl dat s  -------  the
kosmov        2889  3 mas  ---- dat s  noun---  world
eimi          1510  4 imp  act  ind 3s ---verb  he was
kai           2532  5 ---- ---- --- -- conj---  and
o             3588  6 mas  artl nom s  -------  the
kosmov        2889  7 mas  ---- nom s  noun---  world
dia           1223  8 ---- ---- gen -- prep---  through
autov         0846  9 mas  ---- gen s  pronoun  he
givomai       1096 10 aor  mid  ind 3s ---verb  cause to be
kai           2532 11 ---- ---- --- -- conj---  and
o             3588 12 mas  artl nom s  -------  the
kosmov        2889 13 mas  ---- nom s  noun---  world
autov         0846 14 mas  ---- acc s  pronoun  he
ou            3756 15 ---- part --- -- -------  not
givwskw       1097 16 aor  act  ind 3s ---verb  understood
The world is not a reference
 to the earth because:
People can understand not the earth.
Affirms the World
Is masculine in gender
Caused to be, Come into being
Not created as the earth. Gen. 1:1
John 1:10  He was in the world, and the world
was made by him,
and the world knew him not.
I want us to notice that the word “world” is masculine in gender, singular in number.
Notice also that the word “was made” can be translated “caused to be” or “come into being”. Being made him did not mean that the world was created from nothing as when God created the heavens and the earth in Genesis 1:1.
The word “world” is not a reference to the earth. People understand and it is people that populate the earth.