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Ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ ἦν, καὶ ὁ κόσμος δι᾽ αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο, καὶ ὁ κόσμος αὐτὸν οὐκ ἔγνω.
RBT Greek Interlinear:
Strongs 1722  [list]
Λογεῖον
en
ἐν
within
Prep
Strongs 3588  [list]
Λογεῖον

τῷ
the
Art-DMS
Strongs 2889  [list]
Λογεῖον
kosmō
κόσμῳ
world
N-DMS
Strongs 1510  [list]
Λογεῖον
ēn
ἦν
was
V-IIA-3S
Strongs 2532  [list]
Λογεῖον
kai
καὶ
and
Conj
Strongs 3588  [list]
Λογεῖον
ho

the
Art-NMS
Strongs 2889  [list]
Λογεῖον
kosmos
κόσμος
world
N-NMS
Strongs 1223  [list]
Λογεῖον
di’
δι’
across
Prep
Strongs 846  [list]
Λογεῖον
autou
αὐτοῦ
himself
PPro-GM3S
Strongs 1096  [list]
Λογεῖον
egeneto
ἐγένετο
has become
V-AIM-3S
Strongs 2532  [list]
Λογεῖον
kai
καὶ
and
Conj
Strongs 3588  [list]
Λογεῖον
ho

the
Art-NMS
Strongs 2889  [list]
Λογεῖον
kosmos
κόσμος
world
N-NMS
Strongs 846  [list]
Λογεῖον
auton
αὐτὸν
himself
PPro-AM3S
Strongs 3756  [list]
Λογεῖον
ouk
οὐκ
not
Adv
Strongs 1097  [list]
Λογεῖον
egnō
ἔγνω
has recognized
V-AIA-3S
RBT Translation:
He has not known himself
He was within the World, and the World became across to the other side of himself, but the World did not know himself.16
διά

- of motion in a line, from one end to the other, right through
- of the interval which has passed between two points of Time.
- διά θαλάσσας across the sea

LITV Translation:
He was in the world, and the world came into being through Him, yet the world did not know Him.
ESV Translation:
He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.

Footnotes

16

across to the other side of (with genitive)

Strong's #1223 diá (a preposition) – a small word, but significant. Properly, across (to the other side), back-and-forth to go all the way through, "successfully across" ("thoroughly"). 1223 (diá) is also commonly used as a prefix and lend the same idea ("thoroughly," literally, "successfully" across to the other side).

and the World has not known himself. The World as the "masculine" not "knowing himself," the feminine. 

Adam "knew" Eve—his own self. But the World has not known Himself. He was within "the World" and the World was begotten through Her, but the World has not known Her.