Revelation 2:7

“Whoever has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To the one who conquers I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.”

Revelation 2:7 · direct translation from the Greek
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Allusion · Genesis 2:9

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Both texts name “the tree of life”: in Genesis 2:9, in the middle of the garden; in Revelation 2:7, in the paradise of God.

They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.

  • ξύλουxylouG3586עֵץetsH6086“pole, wood”
  • ζωῆςzōēsG2222חַיִּיםjayimH2416“life”

Revelation 2:7, 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
to eatφαγεῖνphagein

eat

Eat.

Where else “phagein” appears
the treeξύλουxylou

tree

A large plant with a woody trunk; so is called the one that gives life in paradise.

Where else “xylou” appears
of lifeζωῆςzōēs

eternal life

What God gives to live with him without end.

Where else “zōēs” appears
isἐστινestin

be present

To be in a place or with someone.

Where else “estin” appears
the paradiseπαραδείσῳparadeisōi

paradise

Paradise: a garden; God's garden, the dwelling of the righteous dead.

Where else “paradeisōi” appears
of Godθεοῦtheou

God

The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.

Where else “theou” appears

Translation note

It recalls Genesis 2:9.

The context

6But you have this, that you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

7 · This verse (above)

8And to the angel of the assembly in Smyrna write: This is what the first and the last, who became dead and came to life, says:

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