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saying,λέγοντες“We give thanksΕὐχαριστοῦμένto you,σοιLordκύριεGodὁ θεόςthe Almighty,ὁ παντοκράτωρwho isὁ ὢνandκαὶwho was,ὁ ἦνforὅτιyou have takenεἴληφαςyour greatτὴν σου τὴν μεγάληνpowerδύναμίνandκαὶbegun to reign.ἐβασίλευσας
Revelation 11:17
Study it in the app“saying, “We give thanks to you, Lord God the Almighty, who is and who was, for you have taken your great power and begun to reign.”
With the Greek beneath
Revelation 11:17, word by word
- sayingλέγοντεςlegontes
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legontes” appears- “We give thanksΕὐχαριστοῦμένEucharistoumen
give thanks
Give thanks.
Where else “Eucharistoumen” appears- Lordκύριεkyrie
Lord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “kyrie” appears- Godθεόςtheos
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theos” appears- the Almightyπαντοκράτωρpantokratōr
Almighty
Almighty: the one who has power over all things.
Where else “pantokratōr” appears- who isὢνōn
exist
To have existence, to be alive.
Where else “ōn” appears- you have takenεἴληφαςeilēphas
take
To grasp something in the hand, or take it from someone.
Where else “eilēphas” appears- your greatμεγάληνmegalēn
intense
Of great force or intensity, like an enormous joy or fear.
Where else “megalēn” appears- powerδύναμίνdynamin
power
The strength to act, above all that of God and his Spirit.
Where else “dynamin” appears- begun to reignἐβασίλευσαςebasileusas
reign, be king
Reign, be king, rule; also begin to reign.
Where else “ebasileusas” appears
Translation note
Here “and who is coming” is not said (as in 1:8 and 4:8); it can be understood that this is because he has already come.
The context
16And the twenty-four elders who sit before God on their thrones fell on their faces and worshiped God,
17 · This verse (above)
18And the nations raged, and your wrath came, and the time for the dead to be judged, and to give the reward to your slaves the prophets and to the saints and to those who fear your name, the small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”