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Andκαὶthe fourτὰ τέσσαραliving creaturesζῷαwere saying,ἔλεγον“Amen!”Ἀμήνandκαὶthe eldersοἱ πρεσβύτεροιfell downἔπεσανandκαὶworshiped.προσεκύνησαν
Revelation 5:14
Study it in the app“And the four living creatures were saying, “Amen!” and the elders fell down and worshiped.”
With the Greek beneath
Revelation 5:14, word by word
- the fourτέσσαραtessara
four
Four.
Where else “tessara” appears- living creaturesζῷαzōia
living creature
The beings beside God's throne.
Where else “zōia” appears- were sayingἔλεγονelegon
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “elegon” appears- “AmenἈμήνAmēn
amen
"So it is, so be it", at the end of a prayer.
Where else “Amēn” appears- the eldersπρεσβύτεροιpresbyteroi
elder
A leader of the people or of believers.
Where else “presbyteroi” appears- fell downἔπεσανepesan
fall down
To fall down before someone to plead or worship.
Where else “epesan” appears- worshipedπροσεκύνησανprosekynēsan
worship
To give honor and devotion to God, or other gods.
Where else “prosekynēsan” appears
Translation note· on the manuscripts
Many manuscripts read “saying the Amen.”
The context
13And every creature that is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, I heard saying, “To the one who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be the blessing and the honor and the glory and the might to the ages of the ages!”
14 · This verse (above)