AndκαὶI saidεἴρηκαto him,αὐτῷ“Myμουlord,Κύριέyouσὺknow.”οἶδαςAndκαὶhe saidεἶπένto me,μοι“TheseΟὗτοίareεἰσινthe ones who are comingοἱ ἐρχόμενοιout ofἐκthe greatτῆς μεγάληςaffliction,τῆς θλίψεωςandκαὶthey washedἔπλυνανtheir robesτὰς στολὰς αὐτῶνandκαὶmadeἐλεύκανανthemαὐτὰςwhiteἐλεύκανανinἐνthe bloodτῷ αἵματιof the Lamb.τοῦ ἀρνίου
Revelation 7:14
Study it in the app“And I said to him, “My lord, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones who are coming out of the great affliction, and they washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.”
With the Greek beneath
Revelation 7:14, word by word
- I saidεἴρηκαeirēka
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eirēka” appears- lordΚύριέKyrie
sir
A respectful way to address someone.
Where else “Kyrie” appears- knowοἶδαςoidas
know
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “oidas” appears- areεἰσινeisin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “eisin” appears- the ones who are comingἐρχόμενοιerchomenoi
come
To move to where someone is or to a place, and be present there.
Where else “erchomenoi” appears- the greatμεγάληςmegalēs
intense
Of great force or intensity, like an enormous joy or fear.
Where else “megalēs” appears- afflictionθλίψεωςthlipseōs
trouble, affliction
Affliction, distress, pressure.
Where else “thlipseōs” appears- they washedἔπλυνανeplynan
wash
Wash.
Where else “eplynan” appears- their robesστολὰςstolas
long robe
Long robe, flowing garment.
Where else “stolas” appears- madeἐλεύκανανeleukanan
whiten
Make white.
Where else “eleukanan” appears- the bloodαἵματιhaimati
blood
The red fluid that runs through the bodies of people and animals.
Where else “haimati” appears- of the Lambἀρνίουarniou
Lamb
Jesus, slain like a young sheep, who lives.
Where else “arniou” appears
The context
13And one of the elders answered, saying to me, “These, who are clothed in the white robes, who are they, and where have they come from?”
14 · This verse (above)
15For this reason they are before the throne of God and serve him day and night in his sanctuary; and the one who sits on the throne will spread his tent over them.