Revelation
Revelation 9:6
6In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will escape them.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In | ἐν | en | Preposition | G1722 in, on, among |
| those | ἐκείναις | ekeinais | Demonstrative Pronoun - Dative Feminine Plural | G1565 that, that one there, yonder |
| days | ἡμέραις | hēmerais | Noun - Dative Feminine Plural | G2250 a day |
| men | ἄνθρωποι | anthrōpoi | Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural | G444 a man, one of the human race |
| will seek | ζητήσουσιν | zētēsousin | Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural | G2212 I seek, search for, desire |
| death | θάνατον | thanaton | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G2288 death |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| will not find | εὑρήσουσιν | heurēsousin | Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural | G2147 I find |
| it | αὐτόν | auton | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| they will long | ἐπιθυμήσουσιν | epithymēsousin | Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural | G1937 I long for, covet, lust after |
| to die | ἀποθανεῖν | apothanein | Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active | G599 I am dying, am about to die |
| death | θάνατος | thanatos | Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G2288 death |
| will escape | φεύγει | pheugei | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G5343 I flee, escape, shun |
| them | αὐτῶν | autōn | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Jeremiah 8:3 · Luke 23:30 · Revelation 6:16 · Isaiah 2:19 · Hosea 10:8 · Job 7:15–16 · Job 3:20–22 · 2 Samuel 1:9
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.