At onceεὐθέωςI wasἐγενόμηνinἐνthe Spirit;πνεύματιandκαὶlook,ἰδοὺa throneθρόνοςstoodἔκειτοinἐνheaven,τῷ οὐρανῷandκαὶonἐπὶthe throneτὸν θρόνονoneseated.καθήμενος
Revelation 4:2
Study it in the app“At once I was in the Spirit; and look, a throne stood in heaven, and on the throne one seated.”
With the Greek beneath
Revelation 4:2, word by word
- At onceεὐθέωςeutheōs
immediately
Immediately, at once.
Where else “eutheōs” appears- I wasἐγενόμηνegenomēn
become
To turn into something new, different from before.
Where else “egenomēn” appears- the Spiritπνεύματιpneumati
Spirit
God himself at work, giving life and dwelling in believers.
Where else “pneumati” appears- a throneθρόνοςthronos
throne
Throne: the seat of a king or a judge; hence royal power.
Where else “thronos” appears- stoodἔκειτοekeito
be set
To be situated somewhere.
Where else “ekeito” appears- heavenοὐρανῷouranōi
heaven
God's dwelling, above all that is created.
Where else “ouranōi” appears- seatedκαθήμενοςkathēmenos
sit
To be seated somewhere, or riding on an animal.
Where else “kathēmenos” appears
The context
1After these things I looked, and look, a door standing open in heaven, and the first voice, which I had heard speaking with me like a trumpet, was saying, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after these things.”
2 · This verse (above)
3And the one who sat there was like jasper and carnelian in appearance, and there was a rainbow around the throne like an emerald in appearance.