Revelation 10:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created the heaven and the things that are therein, and the earth and the things that are therein, and the sea and the things that are therein, that there shall be delay no longer:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ὤμοσεν ἐν τῷ ζῶντι εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων, ὃς ἔκτισεν τὸν οὐρανὸν, καὶ τὰ ἐν αὐτῷ, καὶ τὴν γῆν, καὶ τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ, καὶ τὴν θάλασσαν, καὶ τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ, ὅτι χρόνος οὐκέτι ἔσται:

Transliteration

And ōmosen by the zōnti into the aiōnas of the aiōnōn, who ektisen the ouranon, and the things in it, and the gēn, and the things in it, and the thalassan, and the things in it, that chronos no longer estai:

Grammar Details

*ōmosen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - swore/took an oath [completed action]
*zōnti*: present active participle, dative, masculine, singular - living/alive (object of oath)
*aiōnas*: accusative, masculine, plural - ages/eternities
*aiōnōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - of ages/eternities
*ektisen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - created [completed action]
*ouranon*: accusative, masculine, singular - heaven/sky
*gēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - earth/land
*thalassan*: accusative, feminine, singular - sea
*chronos*: nominative, masculine, singular - time
*estai*: future middle indicative, 3rd person singular - will be

Word Meanings

*ōmosen*: swore/took an oath/made a solemn declaration
*zōnti*: living one/one who lives/eternal being
*aiōnas* of the *aiōnōn*: ages of ages/forever and ever/eternity
*ektisen*: created/made/formed
*chronos*: time/period/delay
*estai*: will be/shall exist/will remain

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Rev 4:11 : 11 Worthy art thou, our Lord and our God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power: for thou didst create all things, and because of thy will they were, and were created.
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Rev 4:9 : 9 And when the living creatures shall give glory and honor and thanks to him that sitteth on the throne, to him that liveth for ever and ever,

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