Revelation 22:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ νὺξ οὐκ ἔσται ἐκει· καὶ χρείαν οὐκ ἔχουσιν λύχνου, καὶ φωτὸς ἡλίου· ὅτι Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς φωτίζει αὐτούς: καὶ βασιλεύσουσιν εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

Transliteration

And nyx not estai ekei; and chreian not echousin lychnou, and phōtos hēliou; because Kyrios the Theos phōtizei them: and basileusousin into the aiōnas of the aiōnōn.

Grammar Details

*nyx*: nominative, feminine, singular - night
*estai*: future indicative, 3rd singular - will be
*ekei*: adverb - there
*chreian*: accusative, feminine, singular - need
*echousin*: present active indicative, 3rd plural - have/hold
*lychnou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of lamp
*phōtos*: genitive, neuter, singular - of light
*hēliou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of sun
*Kyrios*: nominative, masculine, singular - Lord
*Theos*: nominative, masculine, singular - God
*phōtizei*: present active indicative, 3rd singular - gives light/illuminates
*basileusousin*: future active indicative, 3rd plural - will reign/rule
*aiōnas*: accusative, masculine, plural - ages
*aiōnōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - of ages

Word Meanings

*chreian*: need/necessity/requirement
*lychnou*: lamp/light
*phōtizei*: gives light/illuminates/enlightens
*basileusousin*: will reign/rule/exercise kingship
*aiōnas tōn aiōnōn*: ages of ages/forever and ever/eternity

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Referenced Verses

Dan 7:18 : 18 But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.
Dan 7:27 : 27 And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
Rom 5:17 : 17 For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)
1 Pet 1:3-4 : 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
Rev 20:4 : 4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image , neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Isa 60:19-20 : 19 The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. 20 Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
2 Tim 2:12 : 12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:
Ps 36:9 : 9 For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
Matt 25:34 : 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
Ps 84:11 : 11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give{H8799)} grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold{H8799)} from them that walk{H8802)} uprightly.
Prov 4:18-19 : 18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. 19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
Rev 21:22-25 : 22 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. 23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. 24 And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it. 25 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.
Rev 3:21 : 21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
Rev 11:15 : 15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
Rev 18:23 : 23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
Matt 25:46 : 46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

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