Revelation 21:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth are passed away; and the sea is no more.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Καὶ εἶδον οὐρανὸν καινὸν καὶ γῆν καινήν: ὁ γὰρ πρῶτος οὐρανὸς καὶ ἡ πρώτη γῆ παρῆλθε· καὶ ἡ θάλασσα οὐκ ἔστιν ἔτι.

Transliteration

And I eidon ouranos kainos and gē kainē: the for prōtos ouranos and the prōtē gē parēlthe; and the thalassa not estin yet.

Grammar Details

*eidon*: aorist active indicative, 1st person singular - saw
*ouranos*: accusative, masculine, singular - heaven/sky
*kainos*: accusative, masculine, singular - new/fresh/unused
*gē*: accusative, feminine, singular - earth/land
*kainē*: accusative, feminine, singular - new/fresh/unused
*prōtos*: nominative, masculine, singular - first/former
*prōtē*: nominative, feminine, singular - first/former
*parēlthe*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - passed away/disappeared
*thalassa*: nominative, feminine, singular - sea
*estin*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - is

Word Meanings

*ouranos*: heaven/sky/firmament
*gē*: earth/land/ground/territory
*kainos*: new/fresh/unused/of a new kind or quality
*parēlthe*: passed away/disappeared/went by
*thalassa*: sea/lake/ocean

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Isa 66:22 : 22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith Jehovah, so shall your seed and your name remain.
2 Pet 3:13 : 13 But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein {G3739} dwelleth righteousness.
Isa 65:17-19 : 17 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. 18 But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create; for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy. 19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people; and there shall be heard in her no more the voice of weeping and the voice of crying.
Rev 20:11 : 11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
2 Pet 3:10 : 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; {G1722} {G3571} in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are therein {G846} shall be burned up.
Rev 21:5 : 5 And he that sitteth on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he saith, {G3427} Write: for these words are faithful and true.
Rev 13:1 : 1 and he stood upon the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns, and seven heads, and on his horns ten diadems, and upon his heads names of blasphemy.

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