Revelation 1:5 — King James Version← Study notes
“And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,”
Revelation 1:5 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Revelation 1:533 words
καὶkaiand / also
ἀπὸapofrom
ἸησοῦIēsouJesus
ΧριστοῦChristouChrist / Anointed
ὁhothe
μάρτυςmartysmartyr, record, witness
ὁhothe
πιστόςpistosbelieve(-ing, -r), faithful(-ly)
ὁhothe
πρωτότοκοςprōtotokosfirstbegotten(-born)
τῶνtōnthe
νεκρῶνnekrōndead
καὶkaiand / also
ὁhothe
ἄρχωνarchōnchief (ruler), magistrate, prince
τῶνtōnthe
βασιλέωνbasileōnking
τῆςtēsthe
γῆςgēscountry, earth(-ly), ground
ΤῷTōthe
ἀγαπῶντιagapōnti(be-)love(-ed)
ἡμᾶςhēmasI
καὶkaiand / also
λύσαντιlysantibreak (up), destroy, dissolve
ἡμᾶςhēmasI
ἐκekfrom / out of
τῶνtōnthe
ἁμαρτιῶνhamartiōnoffence, sin(-ful)
ἡμῶνhēmōnI
ἐνenabout, after, against
τῷtōthe
αἵματιhaimatiblood
αὐτοῦautouhe / she / it / same
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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