Andκαὶthey singᾄδουσινas it wereὡςa newκαινὴνsongᾠδὴνbeforeἐνώπιονthe throneτοῦ θρόνουandκαὶbeforeἐνώπιονthe fourτῶν τεσσάρωνliving creaturesζῴωνandκαὶthe elders;τῶν πρεσβυτέρωνandκαὶno oneοὐδεὶςcouldἐδύνατοlearnμαθεῖνthe songτὴν ᾠδὴνexceptεἰ μὴthe hundredαἱ ἑκατὸνfortyτεσσεράκονταfourτέσσαρεςthousand,χιλιάδεςwhoοἱhad been boughtἠγορασμένοιfromἀπὸthe earth.τῆς γῆς
Revelation 14:3
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Greek beneath
Revelation 14:3, word by word
- they singᾄδουσινaidousin
sing
Sing.
Where else “aidousin” appears- a newκαινὴνkainēn
new
New, different from what was before.
Where else “kainēn” appears- songᾠδὴνōidēn
song
Song.
Where else “ōidēn” appears- beforeἐνώπιονenōpion
before, in front of
In front of, in the presence of.
Where else “enōpion” appears- the throneθρόνουthronou
throne
Throne: the seat of a king or a judge; hence royal power.
Where else “thronou” appears- the fourτεσσάρωνtessarōn
four
Four.
Where else “tessarōn” appears- living creaturesζῴωνzōiōn
living creature
The beings beside God's throne.
Where else “zōiōn” appears- the eldersπρεσβυτέρωνpresbyterōn
elder
A leader of the people or of believers.
Where else “presbyterōn” appears- couldἐδύνατοedynato
can, be able
Can, be able.
Where else “edynato” appears- learnμαθεῖνmathein
learn
To come to know or understand something by teaching or by experience.
Where else “mathein” appears- the hundredἑκατὸνhekaton
hundred
One hundred.
Where else “hekaton” appears- fortyτεσσεράκονταtesserakonta
forty
Forty.
Where else “tesserakonta” appears- thousandχιλιάδεςchiliades
thousand
A thousand, a group of a thousand.
Where else “chiliades” appears- had been boughtἠγορασμένοιēgorasmenoi
redeem
To pay the price to rescue someone.
Where else “ēgorasmenoi” appears- the earthγῆςgēs
earth
The whole earth under heaven, where human beings live.
Where else “gēs” appears
The context
2And 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.
3 · This verse (above)
4These are the ones who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were bought from among humanity as firstfruits for God and for the Lamb,