Appendix:Gikun Usage in Meiji Version of Japanese Bible/永生

Japanese

Kanji in this term
永	生
かぎりなきいのち
Grade: 5	Grade: 1
jukujikun

Etymology

From 限りなき (kagirinaki, the 連体形 (rentaikei, “attributive form”) of classical adjective 限りなし (kagirinashi), modern 限りない (kagirinai), “eternal”) +‎ 命 (inochi, “life”), applying the 義訓 (gikun, “meaning reading”) to 永生 (eisei, “eternal life, immortality”).

Noun

永生(かぎりなきいのち) • (kagirinaki inochi) 

1. (religion) eternal life, everlasting life
   • Gospel of John 3:14-16 (page 118)

     ^十四モーセ野(の)に蛇(へび)を擧(あげ)し如(ごと)く人(ひと)の子(こ)も擧(あげ)らるべし^十五凡(すべ)て之(これ)を信(しん)ずる者(もの)に亡(ほろぶ)ること無(なく)して永生(かぎりなきいのち)を受(うけ)しめんが爲(ため)なり^十六それ神(かみ)は其(その)生(うみ)たまへる獨(ひとり)子(ご)を賜(たまふ)ほどに世(よ)の人(ひと)を愛(あい)し給(たま)へり此(こ)は凡(すべ)て彼(かれ)を信(しん)ずる者(もの)に亡(ほろぶ)ること無(なく)して永生(かぎりなきいのち)を受(うけ)しめんが爲(ため)なり

     ¹⁴Mōse no ni hebi o ageshi gotoku hito no Ko mo ageraru beshi ¹⁵subete kore o shinzuru mono ni horoburu koto nakushite kagirinaki inochi o ukeshimen ga tame nari. ¹⁶Sore Kami wa sono umitamaeru Hitorigo o tamau hodo ni yo no hito o aishitamaeri ko wa subete kare o shinzuru mono ni horoburu koto nakushite kagirinaki inochi o ukeshimen ga tame nari.

     ¹⁴And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: ¹⁵That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. ¹⁶For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.