Revelation 9:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And in those days men shall seek death, and shall in no wise find it; and they shall desire to die, and death fleeth from them.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις ζητήσουσιν οἱ ἄνθρωποι τὸν θάνατον, καὶ οὐχ εὑρήσουσιν αὐτόν· καὶ ἐπιθυμήσουσιν ἀποθανεῖν, καὶ φεύξεται ὁ θάνατος ἀπʼ αὐτῶν.

Transliteration

And in the hēmerais ekeinais zētēsousin the anthrōpoi the thanaton, and not heurēsousin it; and epithymēsousin apothanein, and pheuxetai the thanatos from them.

Grammar Details

*hēmerais*: dative, feminine, plural - days
*ekeinais*: dative, feminine, plural, demonstrative - those
*zētēsousin*: future active indicative, 3rd person plural - they will seek
*anthrōpoi*: nominative, masculine, plural - men/humans
*thanaton*: accusative, masculine, singular - death
*heurēsousin*: future active indicative, 3rd person plural - they will find
*epithymēsousin*: future active indicative, 3rd person plural - they will desire
*apothanein*: aorist active infinitive - to die
*pheuxetai*: future middle indicative, 3rd person singular - will flee
*thanatos*: nominative, masculine, singular - death

Word Meanings

*zētēsousin*: will seek/search for
*heurēsousin*: will find/discover
*epithymēsousin*: will desire/long for
*pheuxetai*: will flee/escape

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Referenced Verses

Jer 8:3 : 3 And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue that remain of this evil family, that remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith Jehovah of hosts.
Rev 6:16 : 16 and they say to the mountains and to the rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
Job 7:15-16 : 15 So that my soul chooseth strangling, And death rather than [these] my bones. 16 I loathe [my life]; I would not live alway: Let me alone; for my days are vanity.
Isa 2:19 : 19 And men shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the earth, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake mightily the earth.
2 Sam 1:9 : 9 And he said unto me, Stand, I pray thee, beside me, and slay me; for anguish hath taken hold of me, because my life is yet whole in me.
Job 3:20-22 : 20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, And life unto the bitter in soul; 21 Who long for death, but it cometh not, And dig for it more than for hid treasures; 22 Who rejoice exceedingly, And are glad, when they can find the grave?
Hos 10:8 : 8 The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.
Luke 23:30 : 30 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
John 4:8-9 : 8 For his disciples were gone away into the city to buy food. 9 The Samaritan woman therefore saith unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, who am a Samaritan woman? (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)

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