Revelation 5:8 — King James Version← Study notes
“And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.”
Revelation 5:8 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Revelation 5:831 words
καὶkaiand / also
ὅτεhoteafter (that), as
soon as, that
ἔλαβενelabenaccept, + be amazed, assay
τὸtothe
βιβλίονbiblionbill, book, scroll
τὰtathe
τέσσαραtessarafour
ζῷαzōabeast
καὶkaiand / also
οἱhoithe
εἴκοσιeikositwenty
τέσσαρεςtessaresfour
πρεσβύτεροιpresbyteroielder(-est), old
ἔπεσανepesanfail, fall (down), light on
ἐνώπιονenōpionbefore, in the presence (sight) of, to
τοῦtouthe
ἀρνίουarnioulamb
ἔχοντεςechonteshave
ἕκαστοςhekastosany, both, each
(one)
κιθάρανkitharanharp
καὶkaiand / also
φιάλαςphialasvial
χρυσᾶςchrysas
γεμούσαςgemousasbe full
θυμιαμάτωνthymiamatōnincense, odour
αἵhaiwho / which
εἰσινeisinam, have been, is I
αἱhaithe
προσευχαὶproseuchaiearnestly, prayer
τῶνtōnthe
ἁγίωνhagiōnholy
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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