Revelation 1:18

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

{G2532} I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ὁ ζῶν, καὶ ἐγενόμην νεκρὸς· καὶ, ἰδοὺ, ζῶν εἰμι εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων, Ἀμήν· καὶ ἔχω τὰς κλεῖς τοῦ ᾅδου καὶ τοῦ θανάτου.

Transliteration

And the one zōn, and I egenomēn nekros; and, idou, zōn I am into the aiōnas of the aiōnōn, Amēn; and I echō the kleis of the hadou and of the thanatou.

Grammar Details

*zōn*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - living
*egenomēn*: aorist middle indicative, 1st singular - became
*nekros*: nominative, masculine, singular - dead
*idou*: aorist middle imperative, 2nd singular - behold
*aiōnas*: accusative, masculine, plural - ages
*aiōnōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - of ages
*Amēn*: Hebrew term - truly/so be it
*echō*: present active indicative, 1st singular - have/hold
*kleis*: accusative, feminine, plural - keys
*hadou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Hades
*thanatou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of death

Word Meanings

*zōn*: living/alive
*egenomēn nekros*: became dead/was dead
*aiōnas tōn aiōnōn*: ages of ages/forever and ever/eternity
*kleis*: keys (symbol of authority/power to open and close)
*hadou*: Hades/realm of the dead/underworld

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Referenced Verses

Rom 6:9 : 9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
Rom 14:8-9 : 8 For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. 9 For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.
Heb 7:25 : 25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
Rev 4:9 : 9 And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,
Heb 7:16 : 16 Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
Rev 9:1 : 1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
Heb 12:2 : 2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Rev 3:7 : 7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
Isa 22:22 : 22 And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
Job 19:25 : 25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
Ps 18:46 : 46 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
Ps 68:20 : 20 He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from death.
2 Cor 5:14-15 : 14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: 15 And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.
2 Cor 13:4 : 4 For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.
Gal 2:20 : 20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
John 14:19 : 19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
Heb 1:3 : 3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
Rev 20:1-2 : 1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. 2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
Rev 20:14 : 14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
Col 3:3 : 3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
Matt 16:19 : 19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Rev 5:14 : 14 And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.

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