I knowΟἶδαyour works,τὰ ἔργα σουandκαὶyour toilτὸν κόπονandκαὶyourσουendurance,τὴν ὑπομονήνandκαὶthatὅτιyou cannotοὐ δύνῃbearβαστάσαιevil people,κακούςandκαὶthatyou have testedἐπείρασαςthose who callτοὺς λέγονταςthemselvesἑαυτοὺςapostlesἀποστόλουςandκαὶareεἰσίνnot,οὐκandκαὶyou have foundεὗρεςthemαὐτοὺςfalse;ψευδεῖς
Revelation 2:2
Study it in the app“I know your works, and your toil and your endurance, and that you cannot bear evil people, and that you have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and you have found them false;”
With the Greek beneath
Revelation 2:2, word by word
- I knowΟἶδαOida
know
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “Oida” appears- your worksἔργαerga
deed
What someone does, their conduct.
Where else “erga” appears- your toilκόπονkopon
toil
Exhausting effort, the weariness of one who works hard.
Where else “kopon” appears- enduranceὑπομονήνhypomonēn
endurance, perseverance
Endurance, perseverance: holding out patiently under trial.
Where else “hypomonēn” appears- you cannotδύνῃdynēi
can, be able
Can, be able.
Where else “dynēi” appears- bearβαστάσαιbastasai
bear
To carry the weight of others or of something hard without dropping it.
Where else “bastasai” appears- evil peopleκακούςkakous
evil
What goes against God's will and harms others.
Where else “kakous” appears- you have testedἐπείρασαςepeirasas
test
To test someone to see what they are or will do; also to attempt something.
Where else “epeirasas” appears- those who callλέγονταςlegontas
call
To call someone by a name.
Where else “legontas” appears- apostlesἀποστόλουςapostolous
apostle
One of those Jesus chose and sent.
Where else “apostolous” appears- areεἰσίνeisin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “eisin” appears- you have foundεὗρεςheures
find
To come upon something or someone, after searching or by surprise.
Where else “heures” appears- falseψευδεῖςpseudeis
false, lying
False, lying; a liar.
Where else “pseudeis” appears
The context
1To the angel of the assembly in Ephesus write: This is what the one who holds the seven stars in his right hand, the one who walks in the middle of the seven golden lampstands, says:
2 · This verse (above)
3and you have endurance, and you have borne up for the sake of my name, and you have not grown weary.