Revelation
Revelation 22:16
16“I, Jesus, have sent My angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright Morning Star.”
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.
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | Ἐγὼ | Egō | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular | G1473 I |
| Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Iēsous | Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G2424 Jesus |
| have sent | ἔπεμψα | epempsa | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular | G3992 I send |
| My | μου | mou | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular | G1473 I |
| angel | ἄγγελόν | angelon | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G32 an angel, messenger |
| to give you this testimony | μαρτυρῆσαι | martyrēsai | Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active | G3140 I witness, testify |
| for | ἐπὶ | epi | Preposition | G1909 on, to, against, on the basis of, at |
| the | ταῖς | tais | Article - Dative Feminine Plural | G3588 the |
| churches | ἐκκλησίαις | ekklēsiais | Noun - Dative Feminine Plural | G1577 an assembly, congregation, church |
| I | ἐγώ | egō | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular | G1473 I |
| am | εἰμι | eimi | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular | G1510 I am, exist |
| the | ἡ | hē | Article - Nominative Feminine Singular | G3588 the |
| Root | ῥίζα | rhiza | Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular | G4491 a root, that which comes from the root |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| the | τὸ | to | Article - Nominative Neuter Singular | G3588 the |
| Offspring | γένος | genos | Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular | G1085 offspring, family, race, kind |
| of David | Δαυίδ | Dauid | Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular | G1138 David |
| the | ὁ | ho | Article - Nominative Masculine Singular | G3588 the |
| bright | λαμπρός | lampros | Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular | G2986 shining, magnificent, bright |
| Morning | πρωϊνός | prōinos | Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular | G4407 belonging to the morning |
| Star | ἀστὴρ | astēr | Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G792 a star |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Revelation 5:5 · 2 Peter 1:19 · Isaiah 11:1 · Revelation 1:4 · Romans 1:3–4 · Matthew 22:42 · Revelation 22:20 · Numbers 24:17 · Matthew 2:2 · Revelation 22:6 · Revelation 2:28–29 · Revelation 3:13
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.