Revelation 7:9
After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.
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ASV
After these things I saw, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and of all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, arrayed in white robes, and palms in their hands;
KJV
After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
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38 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| Μετὰ | Meta | After | G3326 → |
| ταῦτα | tauta | these things | G3778 → |
| εἶδον | eidon | I looked | G1492 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| ἰδοὺ | idou | behold | G2400 → |
| ὄχλος | ochlos | a multitude | G3793 → |
| πολὺς | polus | great | G4183 → |
| ὃν | hon | which | G3739 → |
| ἀριθμῆσαι | arithmēsai | to number | G705 → |
| αὐτὸν | auton | it | G846 → |
| οὐδεὶς | oudeis | no [one] | G3762 → |
| ἐδύνατο | edunato | was able | G1410 → |
| ἐκ | ek | out of | G1537 → |
| παντὸς | pantos | every | G3956 → |
| ἔθνους | ethnous | nation | G1484 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| φυλῶν | phulōn | tribes | G5443 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| λαῶν | laōn | peoples | G2992 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| γλωσσῶν | glōssōn | tongues | G1100 → |
| ἑστῶτες | hestōtes | standing | G2476 → |
| ἐνώπιον | enōpion | before | G1799 → |
| τοῦ | tou | the | G3588 → |
| θρόνου | thronou | throne | G2362 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| ἐνώπιον | enōpion | before | G1799 → |
| τοῦ | tou | the | G3588 → |
| ἀρνίου, | arniou | Lamb, | G721 → |
| περιβεβλημένους | peribeblēmenous | having clothed themselves with | G4016 → |
| στολὰς | stolas | robes | G4749 → |
| λευκὰς | leukas | white | G3022 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| φοίνικες | phoinikes | palm branches | G5404 → |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → |
| ταῖς | tais | the | G3588 → |
| χερσὶν | chersin | hands | G5495 → |
| αὐτῶν. | autōn | of them. | G846 → |
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