Revelation 2:27

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and he shall rule them with a rod of iron, as the vessels of the potter are broken to shivers; as I also have received of my Father:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ποιμανεῖ αὐτοὺς ἐν ῥάβδῳ σιδηρᾷ· ὡς τὰ σκεύη τὰ κεραμικὰ συντριβήσεται:

Transliteration

And poimanei them with rabdō sidēra; as the skeuē the keramika suntribēsetai:

Grammar Details

• *poimanei*: future indicative, 3rd singular - he will shepherd
• *rabdō*: dative, feminine, singular - with rod
• *sidēra*: dative, feminine, singular - iron
• *skeuē*: nominative, neuter, plural - vessels
• *keramika*: nominative, neuter, plural - ceramic/pottery
• *suntribēsetai*: future indicative passive, 3rd singular - will be shattered

Word Meanings

• *poimanei*: shepherd/rule/govern
• *rabdō sidēra*: rod of iron/iron scepter
• *skeuē*: vessels/containers/implements
• *keramika*: ceramic/pottery/clay
• *suntribēsetai*: will be shattered/broken/crushed

Referenced Verses

• Rev 12:5 : 5 And she was delivered of a son, a man child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and unto his throne.
• 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.
• Ps 2:8-9 : 8 Ask of me, and I will give [thee] the nations for thine inheritance, And the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. 9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
• Isa 30:14 : 14 And he shall break it as a potter's vessel is broken, breaking it in pieces without sparing; so that there shall not be found among the pieces thereof a sherd wherewith to take fire from the hearth, or to dip up water out of the cistern.
• Jer 19:11 : 11 and shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again; and they shall bury in Topheth, till there be no place to bury.
• Matt 11:27 : 27 All things have been delivered unto me of my Father: and no one knows the Son, save the Father; neither does any know the Father, save the Son, and he to whomever the Son willeth to reveal him.
• Luke 22:29 : 29 and I appoint unto you a kingdom, even as my Father appointed unto me,
• John 17:24 : 24 Father, I desire that they also whom thou hast given me be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
• Dan 7:22 : 22 until the ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the Most High, and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
• Ps 49:14 : 14 They are appointed as a flock for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd; And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; And their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, That there be no habitation for it.
• Ps 149:5-9 : 5 Let the saints exult in glory: Let them sing for joy upon their beds. 6 [ Let] the high praises of God [be] in their mouth, And a two-edged sword in their hand; 7 To execute vengeance upon the nations, And punishments upon the peoples; 8 To bind their kings with chains, And their nobles with fetters of iron; 9 To execute upon them the judgment written: This honor have all his saints. Praise ye Jehovah.