Revelation 6:8 — King James Version← Study notes
“And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.”
Revelation 6:8 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Revelation 6:845 words
καὶkaiand / also
εἶδονeidonbehold, perceive, see
καὶkaiand / also
ἰδοὺidoubehold
ἵπποςhipposhorse
χλωρόςchlōrosgreen, pale
καὶkaiand / also
ὁhothe
καθήμενοςkathēmenosdwell, sit (by, down)
ἐπάνωepanōabove, more than, (up-)on
αὐτοῦautouhe / she / it / same
ὄνομαonomacalled, (+
sur-)name(-d)
αὐτῷautōhe / she / it / same
ὁhothe
ΘάνατοςThanatos(be…) death
καὶkaiand / also
ὁhothe
ᾅδηςhadēsgrave, hell
ἠκολούθειēkoloutheifollow, reach
μετ’met’after(-ward), he again, against
αὐτοῦautouhe / she / it / same
καὶkaiand / also
ἐδόθηedothēgive
αὐτοῖςautoishe / she / it / same
ἐξουσίαexousiaauthority, jurisdiction, liberty
ἐπὶepiabout (the times), above, after
τὸtothe
τέταρτονtetartonfour(-th)
τῆςtēsthe
γῆςgēscountry, earth(-ly), ground
ἀποκτεῖναιapokteinaiput to death, kill, slay
ἐνenabout, after, against
ῥομφαίᾳrhomphaiasword
καὶkaiand / also
ἐνenabout, after, against
λιμῷlimōdearth, famine, hunger
καὶkaiand / also
ἐνenabout, after, against
θανάτῳthanatō(be…) death
καὶkaiand / also
ὑπὸhypounder / by
τῶνtōnthe
θηρίωνthēriōn(venomous, wild) beast
τῆςtēsthe
γῆςgēscountry, earth(-ly), ground
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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