Revelation 21:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ καθήμενος ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου, Ἰδοὺ, καινὰ ποιῶ πάντα. Καὶ λέγει μοι, Γράψον: ὅτι οὗτοι οἱ λόγοι ἀληθινοί καὶ πιστοὶ εἰσιν.

Transliteration

And eipen the one-kathēmenos upon the thronou, Idou, kaina I-poiō all-things. And he-legei to-me, Grapson: because these the logoi alēthinoi and pistoi eisin.

Grammar Details

*eipen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - said/spoke
*kathēmenos*: present middle participle, nominative, masculine, singular - sitting/seated
*thronou*: genitive, masculine, singular - throne
*Idou*: aorist middle imperative, 2nd person singular - behold/look/see
*kaina*: accusative, neuter, plural - new things
*poiō*: present active indicative, 1st person singular - I make/do
*legei*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - says/speaks/tells
*Grapson*: aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular - write
*logoi*: nominative, masculine, plural - words/sayings
*alēthinoi*: nominative, masculine, plural - true/genuine
*pistoi*: nominative, masculine, plural - faithful/trustworthy
*eisin*: present active indicative, 3rd person plural - are

Word Meanings

*eipen*: said/spoke/told
*kathēmenos*: sitting/seated/enthroned
*thronou*: throne/seat of power
*Idou*: behold/look/see/pay attention
*kaina*: new things/fresh things
*poiō*: make/do/create/cause
*logoi*: words/sayings/messages
*alēthinoi*: true/genuine/real
*pistoi*: faithful/trustworthy/reliable

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 Cor 5:17 : 17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Isa 42:9 : 9 Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
Isa 43:19 : 19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
Rev 19:9 : 9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.
Rev 20:11 : 11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
Rev 22:6 : 6 And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.
Rev 1:11 : 11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
Rev 1:19 : 19 Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;
Rev 4:2 : 2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.
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,
Rev 5:1 : 1 And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.

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