Revelation 21:23
And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.
BSB
Parallel translations (2) ▾
ASV
And the city hath no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine upon it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the lamp thereof is the Lamb.
KJV
And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
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Commentary
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27 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| καὶ | kai | And | G2532 → |
| ἡ | hē | the | G3588 → |
| πόλις | polis | city | G4172 → |
| οὐ | ou | no | G3756 → |
| χρείαν | chreian | need | G5532 → |
| ἔχει | echei | has | G2192 → |
| τοῦ | tou | of the | G3588 → |
| ἡλίου | hēliou | sun | G2246 → |
| οὐδὲ | oude | nor | G3761 → |
| τῆς | tēs | of the | G3588 → |
| σελήνης | selēnēs | moon | G4582 → |
| ἵνα | ina | that | G2443 → |
| φαίνωσιν | phainōsin | they may shine | G5316 → |
| αὐτῇ· | autēa | in it; | G846 → |
| ἡ | hē | the | G3588 → |
| γὰρ | gar | for | G1063 → |
| δόξα | doxa | glory | G1391 → |
| τοῦ | tou | <the> | G3588 → |
| θεοῦ | theou | of God | G2316 → |
| ἐφώτισεν | ephōtisen | enlightened | G5461 → |
| αὐτήν, | autēn | it, | G846 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| ὁ | ho | the | G3588 → |
| λύχνος | luchnos | lamp | G3088 → |
| αὐτῆς | autēs | of it | G846 → |
| τὸ | to | [is] the | G3588 → |
| ἀρνίον. | arnion | Lamb. | G721 → |
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