Revelation
Revelation 2:26–27
26And to the one who overcomes and continues in My work until the end, I will give authority over the nations. 27He will rule them with an iron scepter and shatter them like potterya — just as I have received authority from My Father.
Footnotes
- a 2:27 Psalm 2:9|PSA 2:9(see also LXX)
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
Revelation 2:26
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| And | Καὶ | Kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| to the | ὁ | ho | Article - Nominative Masculine Singular | G3588 the |
| overcomes | νικῶν | nikōn | Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular | G3528 I conquer, overcome |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| continues | τηρῶν | tērōn | Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular | G5083 I keep, guard, observe |
| My | μου | mou | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular | G1473 I |
| work | ἔργα | erga | Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural | G2041 work, labor, action, deed |
| until | ἄχρι | achri | Preposition | G891 as far as, up to, until |
| end | τέλους | telous | Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular | G5056 an end, purpose, tax |
| I will give | δώσω | dōsō | Verb - Future Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular | G1325 I offer, give |
| authority | ἐξουσίαν | exousian | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G1849 power, authority, weight |
| over | ἐπὶ | epi | Preposition | G1909 on, to, against, on the basis of, at |
| the | τῶν | tōn | Article - Genitive Neuter Plural | G3588 the |
| nations | ἐθνῶν | ethnōn | Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural | G1484 a race, people, the Gentiles |
Revelation 2:27
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| He will rule | ποιμανεῖ | poimanei | Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G4165 I shepherd, tend |
| them | αὐτοὺς | autous | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| with | ἐν | en | Preposition | G1722 in, on, among |
| an iron | σιδηρᾷ | sidēra | Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular | G4603 made of iron |
| scepter | ῥάβδῳ | rhabdō | Noun - Dative Feminine Singular | G4464 a rod, staff |
| shatter | συντρίβεται | syntribetai | Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular | G4937 I break by crushing |
| like | ὡς | hōs | Adverb | G5613 as, like as, how, while, so that |
| pottery | κεραμικὰ | keramika | Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural | G2764 of clay, made by a potter |
| just as | ὡς | hōs | Adverb | G5613 as, like as, how, while, so that |
| I | κἀγὼ | kagō | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular | G2504 I also, I too |
| have received | εἴληφα | eilēpha | Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular | G2983 I receive, take |
| from | παρὰ | para | Preposition | G3844 from, in the presence of |
| My | μου | mou | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular | G1473 I |
| Father | Πατρός | Patros | Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular | G3962 father, Father, ancestor |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Revelation 2:26 Revelation 3:21 · Revelation 2:7 · Daniel 7:27 · Revelation 20:4 · Psalm 2:8 · Matthew 24:13 · Revelation 22:5 · John 6:29 · 1 John 5:5 · Daniel 7:22 · Revelation 2:11 · Revelation 3:12
Revelation 2:27 Psalm 2:8–9 · Revelation 12:5 · Revelation 19:15 · Isaiah 30:14 · Matthew 11:27 · Luke 22:29 · John 17:24 · Psalm 149:5–9 · Jeremiah 19:11
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.