Revelation
Revelation 5:6
6Then I saw a Lamb who appeared to have been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which represent the seven spiritsa of God sent out into all the earth.
Footnotes
- a 5:6 Or the sevenfold Spirit
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Then | Καὶ | Kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| I saw | εἶδον | eidon | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular | G3708 I see, look upon, experience |
| a Lamb | Ἀρνίον | Arnion | Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular | G721 a lamb |
| who appeared | ὡς | hōs | Adverb | G5613 as, like as, how, while, so that |
| to have been slain | ἐσφαγμένον | esphagmenon | Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Neuter Singular | G4969 I slay |
| standing | ἑστηκὸς | hestēkos | Verb - Perfect Participle Active - Nominative Neuter Singular | G2476 I cause to stand, stand |
| in | ἐν | en | Preposition | G1722 in, on, among |
| center | μέσῳ | mesō | Adjective - Dative Neuter Singular | G3319 middle, in the middle |
| of the | τοῦ | tou | Article - Genitive Masculine Singular | G3588 the |
| throne | θρόνου | thronou | Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular | G2362 a throne, seat |
| the | τῶν | tōn | Article - Genitive Neuter Plural | G3588 the |
| four | τεσσάρων | tessarōn | Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural | G5064 four |
| living creatures | ζῴων | zōōn | Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural | G2226 an animal |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| the | τῶν | tōn | Article - Genitive Masculine Plural | G3588 the |
| elders | πρεσβυτέρων | presbyterōn | Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural | G4245 elder |
| had | ἔχων | echōn | Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular | G2192 I have, hold, possess |
| seven | ἑπτὰ | hepta | Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural | G2033 seven |
| horns | κέρατα | kerata | Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural | G2768 a horn |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| seven | ἑπτά | hepta | Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural | G2033 seven |
| eyes | ὀφθαλμοὺς | ophthalmous | Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural | G3788 the eye |
| which | οἵ | hoi | Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural | G3739 who, which, what, that |
| represent | εἰσιν | eisin | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural | G1510 I am, exist |
| the | τὰ | ta | Article - Nominative Neuter Plural | G3588 the |
| seven | ἑπτὰ | hepta | Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural | G2033 seven |
| spirits | Πνεύματα | Pneumata | Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural | G4151 wind, breath, spirit |
| of God | Θεοῦ | Theou | Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular | G2316 God, a god |
| sent out | ἀπεσταλμένοι | apestalmenoi | Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural | G649 I send forth, send, send away, dismiss |
| into | εἰς | eis | Preposition | G1519 into, in, among, till, for |
| all | πᾶσαν | pasan | Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular | G3956 all, the whole, every kind of |
| the | τὴν | tēn | Article - Accusative Feminine Singular | G3588 the |
| earth | γῆν | gēn | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G1093 the earth, soil, land |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Zechariah 4:10 · Revelation 5:12 · Zechariah 3:9 · John 1:29 · Revelation 13:8 · John 1:36 · Daniel 7:14 · Isaiah 53:7–8 · Revelation 1:4 · 1 Peter 1:19–20 · Acts 8:32 · Revelation 7:9–17
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.