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andκαὶthe living one;ὁ ζῶνandκαὶI wasἐγενόμηνdead,νεκρὸςandκαὶlook,ἰδοὺI amεἰμιaliveζῶνtoεἰςthe agesτοὺς αἰῶναςof the ages,τῶν αἰώνωνandκαὶI haveἔχωthe keysτὰς κλεῖςof deathτοῦ θανάτουandκαὶof Hades.τοῦ ᾅδου
Revelation 1:18
Study it in the app“and the living one; and I was dead, and look, I am alive to the ages of the ages, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.”
John falls as though dead; the living one says to him: “Do not be afraid”CourageThe living one says he holds the keys of death and of HadesDeath and Eternal Life
With the Greek beneath
Revelation 1:18, word by word
- the living oneζῶνzōn
live
To have life in the body, or receive it again after dying.
Where else “zōn” appears- I wasἐγενόμηνegenomēn
become
To turn into something new, different from before.
Where else “egenomēn” appears- deadνεκρὸςnekros
dead
Someone who no longer has life, whose body has no breath left.
Where else “nekros” appears- I amεἰμιeimi
exist
To have existence, to be alive.
Where else “eimi” appears- the agesαἰῶναςaiōnas
forever
Time without end.
Where else “aiōnas” appears- I haveἔχωechō
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echō” appears- the keysκλεῖςkleis
key
Key.
Where else “kleis” appears- of deathθανάτουthanatou
death
The end of the body's life.
Where else “thanatou” appears- of Hadesᾅδουhaidou
Hades
Hades: the place of the dead; in Hebrew, Sheol.
Where else “haidou” appears
The context
17And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. And he placed his right hand on me, saying, “Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last,
18 · This verse (above)
19Write, then, what you saw, and what is, and what is going to take place after these things.