Revelation 21
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
2And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
3And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
4And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
5And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
6And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
7He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
8But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
9And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.
10And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
11Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
12And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
13On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.
14And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
15And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
16And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
17And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.
18And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.
19And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
20The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
21And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.
22And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
23And 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.
24And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.
25And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.
26And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.
27And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- ὁhoG3588125× in this chapter
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
- καίkaíG253270× in this chapter
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
- αὐτόςautósG84630× in this chapter
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438 (ἑαυτοῦ)) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
- εἰμίeimíG151018× in this chapter
I exist (used only when emphatic)
- δώδεκαdṓdekaG142710× in this chapter
two and ten, i.e. a dozen
- θεόςtheósG231610× in this chapter
figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very
- πόλιςpólisG417210× in this chapter
a town (properly, with walls, of greater or less size)
- πυλώνpylṓnG444010× in this chapter
a gate-way, door-way of a building or city; by implication, a portal or vestibule
- οὐouG37568× in this chapter
the absolute negative (compare G3361 (μή)) adverb; no or not
- ἐκekG15377× in this chapter
literal or figurative; direct or remote)
- ἔχωéchōG21927× in this chapter
to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or condition)
- μέméG31656× in this chapter
me
- τεῖχοςteîchosG50386× in this chapter
a wall (as formative of a house)
- ἀπόapóG5756× in this chapter
"off," i.e. away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)
- ἐγώegṓG14735× in this chapter
I, me
- ἐνenG17225× in this chapter
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
- ἐπίepíG19095× in this chapter
properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e. over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc.
- μετάmetáG33265× in this chapter
properly, denoting accompaniment; "amid" (local or causal); modified variously according to the case (genitive association, or accusative succession) with which it is joined; occupying an intermediate position between G575 (ἀπό) or G1537 (ἐκ) and G1519 (εἰς) or G4314 (πρός); less intimate than G1722 (ἐν) and less close than G4862 (σύν))
- πᾶςpâsG39565× in this chapter
all, any, every, the whole
- ἀρνίονarníonG7215× in this chapter
a lambkin
- γάρgárG10634× in this chapter
properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
- δόξαdóxaG13914× in this chapter
glory (as very apparent), in a wide application (literal or figurative, objective or subjective)
- καινόςkainósG25374× in this chapter
new
- μέγαςmégasG31734× in this chapter
big (literally or figuratively, in a very wide application)
- οὐρανόςouranósG37724× in this chapter
the sky; by extension, heaven (as the abode of God); by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel (Christianity)
- πρῶτοςprōtosG44134× in this chapter
foremost (in time, place, order or importance)
- τρεῖςtreîsG51404× in this chapter
"three"
- γῆgēG10933× in this chapter
soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe (including the occupants in each application)
- εἴδωeídōG14923× in this chapter
used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι) and G3708 (ὁράω); properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by implication, (in the perfect tense only) to know
- εἰςeisG15193× in this chapter
to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
- εἷςheîsG15203× in this chapter
one
- ἑπτάheptáG20333× in this chapter
seven
- ἔτιétiG20893× in this chapter
"yet," still (of time or degree)
- θεμέλιοςtheméliosG23103× in this chapter
something put down, i.e. a substruction (of a building, etc.), (literally or figuratively)
- ἴασπιςíaspisG23933× in this chapter
"jasper", a gem
- καθαρόςkatharósG25133× in this chapter
clean (literally or figuratively)
- λέγωlégōG30043× in this chapter
properly, to "lay" forth, i.e. (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas G2036 (ἔπω) and G5346 (φημί) generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; while G4483 (ῥέω) is properly to break silence merely, and G2980 (λαλέω) means an extended or random harangue)); by implication, to mean
- λίθοςlíthosG30373× in this chapter
a stone (literally or figuratively)
- ἄγγελοςángelosG323× in this chapter
compare G34 (ἀγέλη)) (to bring tidings); a messenger; especially an "angel"; by implication, a pastor
- μετρέωmetréōG33543× in this chapter
to measure (i.e. ascertain in size by a fixed standard); by implication, to admeasure (i.e. allot by rule)