Revelation 2:8 — King James Version← Study notes
“And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;”
Revelation 2:8 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Revelation 2:820 words
ΚαὶKaiand / also
τῷtōthe
ἀγγέλῳangelōangel, messenger
τῆςtēsthe
ἐνenabout, after, against
ΣμύρνῃSmyrnēmyrrh
ἐκκλησίαςekklēsiasassembly, church
γράψονgrapsondescribe, write(-ing, -ten)
ΤάδεTadehe, she, such
λέγειlegeisay
ὁhothe
πρῶτοςprōtosbefore, beginning, best
καὶkaiand / also
ὁhothe
ἔσχατοςeschatosends of, last, latter end
ὃςhoswho / which
ἐγένετοegenetoarise, be
assembled, be(-come
νεκρὸςnekrosdead
καὶkaiand / also
ἔζησενezēsenlife(-time), (a-)live(-ly), quick
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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