Whoeverὁhasἔχωνan ear,οὖςlet him hearἀκουσάτωwhatτίthe Spiritτὸ πνεῦμαsaysλέγειto the assemblies.ταῖς ἐκκλησίαιςTo the one who conquersτῷ νικῶντιI will giveδώσωsomeof the hiddenτοῦ τοῦ κεκρυμμένουmanna,μάνναandκαὶI will giveδώσωhimαὐτῷa whiteλευκήνstone,ψῆφονandκαὶonἐπὶthe stoneτὴν ψῆφονa newκαινὸνnameὄνομαwrittenγεγραμμένονthatὃno oneοὐδεὶςknowsοἶδενexceptεἰ μὴthe one who receives it.ὁ λαμβάνων
Revelation 2:17
Study it in the app“Whoever has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written that no one knows except the one who receives it.”
With the Greek beneath
Revelation 2:17, word by word
- hasἔχωνechōn
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echōn” appears- an earοὖςous
hearing
Being able to hear and understand: "whoever can hear, let him hear".
Where else “ous” appears- let him hearἀκουσάτωakousatō
listen
To pay attention and obey.
Where else “akousatō” appears- the Spiritπνεῦμαpneuma
Spirit
God himself at work, giving life and dwelling in believers.
Where else “pneuma” appears- saysλέγειlegei
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legei” appears- to the assembliesἐκκλησίαιςekklēsiais
church
Those who believe in Jesus, gathered as his people.
Where else “ekklēsiais” appears- To the one who conquersνικῶντιnikōnti
conquer, overcome
Conquer, overcome.
Where else “nikōnti” appears- I will giveδώσωdōsō
give
To hand something to another freely, as a gift.
Where else “dōsō” appears- of the hiddenκεκρυμμένουkekrymmenou
hide
Hide, conceal.
Where else “kekrymmenou” appears- mannaμάνναmanna
manna
Manna, the food God gave Israel in the wilderness (Exodus 16).
Where else “manna” appears- a whiteλευκήνleukēn
white
White.
Where else “leukēn” appears- stoneψῆφονpsēphon
pebble
A small smooth pebble.
Where else “psēphon” appears- a newκαινὸνkainon
new
New, different from what was before.
Where else “kainon” appears- nameὄνομαonoma
name
The word by which a person or thing is called, which often says who they are.
Where else “onoma” appears- writtenγεγραμμένονgegrammenon
write
To set down words in writing: letters, laws, books.
Where else “gegrammenon” appears- knowsοἶδενoiden
know
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “oiden” appears- the one who receives itλαμβάνωνlambanōn
receive
To be given something, like the Spirit.
Where else “lambanōn” appears
Translation note
“White stone” (psēphos): a small stone; the same word is the “vote” in Acts 26:10. The text does not explain its sense here.
The context
16Change your mind, then; otherwise, I am coming to you soon, and I will make war against them with the sword of my mouth.
17 · This verse (above)
18And to the angel of the assembly in Thyatira write: This is what the Son of God, who has his eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like burnished bronze, says: