Revelation 2:17

“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.”

Revelation 2:17 · direct translation from the Greek
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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:

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