1 Timothy 6:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

which in its own times he shall show, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἣν καιροῖς ἰδίοις δείξει, ὁ μακάριος καὶ μόνος Δυνάστης, ὁ Βασιλεὺς τῶν βασιλευόντων, καὶ Κύριος τῶν κυριευόντων·

Transliteration

Which in kairois idiois he will deixei, the makarios kai monos Dynastēs, the Basileus tōn basileuontōn, and Kyrios tōn kyrieuontōn;

Grammar Details

*Hēn*: relative pronoun, accusative, feminine, singular - which
*kairois*: dative, masculine, plural - times/seasons
*idiois*: dative, masculine, plural - own/proper
*deixei*: future indicative, 3rd person singular, active - will show/reveal
*ho makarios*: nominative, masculine, singular with article - the blessed/happy
*kai*: conjunction - and
*monos*: nominative, masculine, singular - only/alone
*Dynastēs*: nominative, masculine, singular - Sovereign/Ruler/Potentate
*ho Basileus*: nominative, masculine, singular with article - the King
*tōn basileuontōn*: present participle, genitive, masculine, plural with article - of those who reign/rule
*Kyrios*: nominative, masculine, singular - Lord
*tōn kyrieuontōn*: present participle, genitive, masculine, plural with article - of those who are lords

Word Meanings

*kairois*: times/seasons/appointed times
*idiois*: own/proper/due/appropriate
*deixei*: will show/reveal/display/demonstrate
*makarios*: blessed/happy/fortunate
*monos*: only/alone/sole/unique
*Dynastēs*: Sovereign/Ruler/Potentate/Mighty One
*Basileus*: King/Monarch/Ruler
*basileuontōn*: those who reign/rule/king
*Kyrios*: Lord/Master/Owner
*kyrieuontōn*: those who are lords/masters/rulers

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Rev 19:16 : 16 And he hath on his garment and on his thigh a name written, KINGS OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
1 Tim 1:11 : 11 according to the gospel of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.
1 Tim 1:17 : 17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only {G4680} God, [be] honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Rev 17:14 : 14 These shall war against the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them, for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings; and they [also shall overcome] that are with him, called and chosen and faithful.
Ps 47:2 : 2 For Jehovah Most High is terrible; He is a great King over all the earth.
Prov 8:15 : 15 By me kings reign, And princes decree justice.
Jer 10:10 : 10 But Jehovah is the true God; he is the living God, and an everlasting King: at his wrath the earth trembleth, and the nations are not able to abide his indignation.
Ps 83:18 : 18 That they may know that thou alone, whose name is Jehovah, Art the Most High over all the earth.
1 Tim 2:6 : 6 who gave himself a ransom for all; the testimony [to be borne] in its own times;
Jer 46:18 : 18 As I live, saith the King, whose name is Jehovah of hosts, surely like Tabor among the mountains, and like Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.
Dan 2:44-47 : 44 And in the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall the sovereignty thereof be left to another people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. 45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure. 46 Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odors unto him. 47 The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou hast been able to reveal this secret.
Dan 4:34 : 34 And at the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored him that liveth for ever; for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom from generation to generation.
Matt 6:13 : 13 And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil [one].
Ezra 7:12 : 12 Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect and so forth.

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