Revelation 21:16 — King James Version← Study notes
“And 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.”
Revelation 21:16 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Revelation 21:1633 words
καὶkaiand / also
ἡhēthe
πόλιςpoliscity
τετράγωνοςtetragōnosfoursquare
κεῖταιkeitaibe (appointed, laid up, made
καὶkaiand / also
τὸtothe
μῆκοςmēkos
αὐτῆςautēshe / she / it / same
ὅσονhosonall
(that), as (long, many
τὸtothe
πλάτοςplatosbreadth
καὶkaiand / also
ἐμέτρησενemetrēsenfiguratively, to
estimate:--measure, mete
τὴνtēnthe
πόλινpolincity
τῷtōthe
καλάμῳkalamōpen, reed
ἐπὶepiabout (the times), above, after
σταδίουςstadious
δώδεκαdōdekatwelve
χιλιάδωνchiliadōnthousand
τὸtothe
μῆκοςmēkos
καὶkaiand / also
τὸtothe
πλάτοςplatosbreadth
καὶkaiand / also
τὸtothe
ὕψοςhypsosbe exalted, height, (on) high
αὐτῆςautēshe / she / it / same
ἴσαisa+ agree, as much, equal
ἐστίνestinam, have been, is I
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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