Revelation 1:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I am the Alpha and the Omega, saith the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐγώ εἰμι τὸ Ἄλφα καὶ τὸ Ω, ἀρχὴ καὶ τέλος, λέγει ὁ Κύριος, ὁ ὢν, καὶ ὁ ἦν, καὶ ὁ ἐρχόμενος, ὁ Παντοκράτωρ.

Transliteration

Egō eimi the Alpha and the Ō, archē and telos, legei the Kyrios, the one ōn, and the one who ēn, and the one erchomenos, the Pantokratōr.

Grammar Details

*Egō eimi*: present active indicative, 1st singular with pronoun - I am
*Alpha*: nominative, neuter, singular - Alpha (first letter of Greek alphabet)
*Ō*: nominative, neuter, singular - Omega (last letter of Greek alphabet)
*archē*: nominative, feminine, singular - beginning
*telos*: nominative, neuter, singular - end
*legei*: present active indicative, 3rd singular - says
*Kyrios*: nominative, masculine, singular - Lord
*ōn*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - being/is
*ēn*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd singular - was
*erchomenos*: present middle participle, nominative, masculine, singular - coming
*Pantokratōr*: nominative, masculine, singular - Almighty

Word Meanings

*archē*: beginning/origin/first cause
*telos*: end/goal/purpose
*Kyrios*: Lord/Master
*Pantokratōr*: Almighty/All-powerful/Ruler of All

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Isa 44:6 : 6 Thus saith Jehovah, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts: I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.
Rev 21:6 : 6 And he said unto me, They are come to pass. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
Isa 43:10 : 10 Ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and my servant whom I have chosen; that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
Rev 22:13 : 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.
Isa 48:12 : 12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
Isa 41:4 : 4 Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Jehovah, the first, and with the last, I am he.
Rev 1:4 : 4 John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from him who is and who was and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits that are before his throne;
Rev 1:17 : 17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as one dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying, {G3427} Fear not; I am the first and the last,
Rev 4:8 : 8 and the four living creatures, having each one of them six wings, are full of eyes round about and within: and they have no rest day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, [is] the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come.
Rev 11:17 : 17 saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God, the Almighty, who art and who wast; {G2532} {G2064} because thou hast taken thy great power, and didst reign.
Isa 9:6 : 6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Rev 2:8 : 8 And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These things saith the first and the last, who was dead, and lived [again]:
Rev 16:14 : 14 for they are spirits of demons, working signs; which go forth {G3739} {G1607} unto the kings {G1093} {G2532} of the whole world, to gather them together unto the war of the great day of God, the Almighty.
Rev 19:15 : 15 And out of his mouth proceedeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress {G3631} of the fierceness of the wrath of God, the Almighty.
Rev 21:22 : 22 And I saw no temple therein: {G1722} for the Lord God the Almighty, and the Lamb, are the temple thereof.
2 Cor 6:18 : 18 And will be to you a Father, And ye shall be to me sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
Gen 49:25 : 25 Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee, And by the Almighty, who shall bless thee, With blessings of heaven above, Blessings of the deep that coucheth beneath, Blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.
Exod 6:3 : 3 and I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, as God Almighty; but by my name Jehovah I was not known to them.

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