AndκαὶI heardἤκουσαa soundφωνὴνfromἐκheavenτοῦ οὐρανοῦlikeὡςthe soundφωνὴνof manyπολλῶνwatersὑδάτωνandκαὶlikeὡςthe soundφωνὴνof loudμεγάληςthunder;βροντῆςandκαὶthe soundἡ φωνὴthatἣνI heardἤκουσαwaslikeὡςharpistsκιθαρῳδῶνplayingκιθαριζόντωνonἐνtheirαὐτῶνharps.ταῖς κιθάραις
Revelation 14:2
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Greek beneath
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.
Where else “hydatōn” appears- 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.
Where else “kitharizontōn” appears- 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.