Revelation 20:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And the sea gave up the dead that were in it; and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἔδωκεν ἡ θάλασσα τοὺς ἐν αὐτῇ νεκροὺς· καὶ ὁ θάνατος καὶ ὁ ᾅδης ἔδωκαν τοὺς ἐν αὐτοῖς νεκροὺς: καὶ ἐκρίθησαν ἕκαστος κατὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτῶν.

Transliteration

And edōken the thalassa the nekrous in it; and the thanatos and the hadēs edōkan the nekrous in them: and ekrithēsan hekastos according to the erga of them.

Grammar Details

*edōken*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - gave up/yielded
*thalassa*: nominative, feminine, singular - sea
*nekrous*: accusative, masculine, plural - dead ones
*thanatos*: nominative, masculine, singular - death
*hadēs*: nominative, masculine, singular - Hades/realm of the dead
*edōkan*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural - gave up/yielded
*ekrithēsan*: aorist passive indicative, 3rd person plural - were judged
*hekastos*: nominative, masculine, singular - each one
*erga*: accusative, neuter, plural - works/deeds

Word Meanings

*edōken*: gave up/yielded/surrendered
*thalassa*: sea/ocean
*thanatos*: death/mortality
*hadēs*: Hades/realm of the dead/underworld
*ekrithēsan*: were judged/evaluated/assessed
*hekastos*: each one/every one/each person
*erga*: works/deeds/actions

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Referenced Verses

Rev 6:8 : 8 And I saw, and behold, a pale horse: and he that sat upon him, his name was Death; and Hades followed with him. And there was given unto them authority over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with famine, and with death, and by the wild beasts of the earth.
Rev 20:12 : 12 And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne; and books were opened: and another book was opened, which is [the book] of life: and the dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.
John 5:28-29 : 28 Marvel not at this: for the hour cometh, in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice, 29 and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment.
1 Cor 15:50-58 : 50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood {G3756} cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. 51 Behold, I tell you a mystery: We all {G3303} shall not sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 But when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. 55 O death, where is thy victory? O death, where is thy sting? 56 The sting of death is sin; and the power of sin is the law: 57 but thanks be to God, who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 58 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not vain in the Lord.
Isa 26:19 : 19 Thy dead shall live; my dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust; for thy dew is [as] the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast forth the dead.
Rev 20:14 : 14 And death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, [even] the lake of fire.
Hos 13:14 : 14 I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from death: O death, where are thy plagues? O Sheol, where is thy destruction? repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
Rev 1:18 : 18 and the Living one; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore, {G0} {G281} and I have the keys of death and of Hades.

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