Study it in the app“And they sing a new song, saying, “Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slaughtered, and by your blood you bought for God people from every tribe and language and people and nation;”
Andκαὶthey singᾄδουσινa newκαινὴνsong,ᾠδὴνsaying,λέγοντες“WorthyἌξιοςare youεἶto takeλαβεῖνthe scrollτὸ βιβλίονandκαὶto openἀνοῖξαιits seals,τὰς σφραγῖδας αὐτοῦforὅτιyou were slaughtered,ἐσφάγηςandκαὶbyἐνyour bloodτῷ αἵματί σουyou boughtἠγόρασαςfor Godτῷ θεῷpeoplefromἐκeveryπάσηςtribeφυλῆςandκαὶlanguageγλώσσηςandκαὶpeopleλαοῦandκαὶnation;ἔθνους
sing
Sing.
Where else “aidousin” appearsnew
New, different from what was before.
Where else “kainēn” appearssong
Song.
Where else “ōidēn” appearssay
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legontes” appearsworthy
That has earned something good.
Where else “Axios” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ei” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand, or take it from someone.
Where else “labein” appearsscroll
A long writing on a scroll, like those of the prophets or the book of life.
Where else “biblion” appearsopen
Open.
Where else “anoixai” appearsseal
Seal: a mark that confirms and guarantees something; also the signet that makes it.
Where else “sphragidas” appearsslaughter, murder
To kill violently, to slaughter.
Where else “esphagēs” appearsblood
The red fluid that runs through the bodies of people and animals.
Where else “haimati” appearsredeem
To pay the price to rescue someone.
Where else “ēgorasas” appearsGod
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theōi” appearspeoples
The peoples of the earth.
Where else “phylēs” appearslanguage
The speech of a people.
Where else “glōssēs” appearspeople
A people, above all Israel, God's people.
Where else “laou” appearsnation
A people with its own land, language and customs.
Where else “ethnous” appearsMany manuscripts read “you bought us.”
8And when he took the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell before the Lamb, each having a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
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10and you made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they reign on the earth.”
