Revelation 22:14
Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates.
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ASV
Blessed are they that wash their robes, that they may have the right to come to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.
KJV
Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
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23 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| Μακάριοι | Makarioi | Blessed [are] | G3107 → |
| οἱ | hoi | those | G3588 → |
| πλύνοντες | plunontes | washing | G4150 → |
| τὰς | tas | the | G3588 → |
| στολὰς | stolas | robes | G4749 → |
| αὐτῶν, | autōn | of them, | G846 → |
| ἵνα | ina | that | G2443 → |
| ἔσται | estai | will be | G1510 → |
| ἡ | hē | the | G3588 → |
| ἐξουσία | exousia | right | G1849 → |
| αὐτῶν | autōn | of them | G846 → |
| ἐπὶ | epi | to | G1909 → |
| τὸ | to | the | G3588 → |
| ξύλον | xulon | tree | G3586 → |
| τῆς | tēs | <the> | G3588 → |
| ζωῆς, | zōēs | of life, | G2222 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| τοῖς | tois | by the | G3588 → |
| πυλῶσιν | pulōsin | gates | G4440 → |
| εἰσέλθωσιν | eiselthōsin | they may enter | G1525 → |
| εἰς | eis | into | G1519 → |
| τὴν | tēn | the | G3588 → |
| πόλιν.¶ | polin | city. | G4172 → |
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