Revelation 14:2

“And I heard a sound from heaven like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder; and the sound that I heard was like harpists playing on their harps.”

Revelation 14:2 · direct translation from the Greek
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Revelation 14:2, word by word

I heardἤκουσαēkousa

hear

To perceive a sound, a voice or words with the ears.

Where else “ēkousa” appears
a soundφωνὴνphōnēn

sound

What is heard, like a trumpet or wind.

Where else “phōnēn” appears
heavenοὐρανοῦouranou

heaven

God's dwelling, above all that is created.

Where else “ouranou” appears
of manyπολλῶνpollōn

many

A great number of people or things.

Where else “pollōn” appears
watersὑδάτωνhydatōn

water

The liquid of rivers, wells and rain, for drinking and washing.

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of loudμεγάληςmegalēs

intense

Of great force or intensity, like an enormous joy or fear.

Where else “megalēs” appears
thunderβροντῆςbrontēs

thunder

Thunder.

Where else “brontēs” appears
harpistsκιθαρῳδῶνkitharōidōn

harpist

Harpist: one who plays the lyre or harp, often singing to it.

Where else “kitharōidōn” appears
playingκιθαριζόντωνkitharizontōn

play the harp

Play the harp, make music on strings.

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harpsκιθάραιςkitharais

harp

Harp, lyre: a stringed instrument.

Where else “kitharais” appears

The context

1And I looked, and look, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him a hundred forty four thousand who had his name and the name of his Father written on their foreheads.

2 · This verse (above)

3And they sing as it were a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders; and no one could learn the song except the hundred forty four thousand, who had been bought from the earth.

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