King James Version

Revelation 1:18

I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “Amen” (ἀμήν) before and here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ζῶν—zōnaliveζάω (zaō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “alive”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2198I live, am alive.aliveκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐγενόμηνegenomēnto beγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 1st person singular — “to be”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.νεκρὸςnekrosdeadνεκρόςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “dead”, the subject formG3498(a) adj: dead, lifeless, subject to death, mortal, (b) noun: a dead body, a corpse.This verse uses “dead”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἰδοὺidoulook!ἰδούparticle — “look!”G2400See! Lo! Behold! Look!.ζῶνzōnto liveζάω (zaō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to live”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2198I live, am alive.εἰμιeimito beεἰμίverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.εἰςeistowardεἰςpreposition — “toward”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.τοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.αἰῶναςaiōnasan ageαἰών (aiōn)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “an age”, the object formG165an age, a cycle (of time), especially of the present age as contrasted with the future age, and of one of a series of ages stretching to infinity.This verse uses “an age”.τῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.αἰώνων—aiōnōnan ageαἰών (aiōn)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “an age”, the of-formG165an age, a cycle (of time), especially of the present age as contrasted with the future age, and of one of a series of ages stretching to infinity.This verse uses “an age”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ἔχωechōto haveἔχωverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “to have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.τὰςtastheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.κλεῖςkleiskeyκλείςnoun, accusative, plural, feminine — “key”, the object formG2807a key.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.θανάτουthanatouof deathθάνατος (thanatos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of death”, the of-formG2288death, physical or spiritual.of deathκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ᾅδουhadouHadesᾅδης (hadēs)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Hades”, the of-formG86Hades, the unseen world.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἀμήνamēnAmenἀμήνinterjection — “Amen”G281verily, truly, amen; at the end of sentences may be paraphrased by: So let it be.This verse uses “amen”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and he who is living, and I did become dead, and, lo, I am living to the ages of the ages. Amen! and I have the keys of the hades and of the death.

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American Standard Version (1901)

and the Living one; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.

Young’s Literal Translation

and he who is living, and I did become dead, and, lo, I am living to the ages of the ages. Amen! and I have the keys of the hades and of the death.

World English Bible

and the Living one . I was dead , and behold , I am alive forever and ever . Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades.

Darby Translation

and the living one: and I became dead, and behold, I am living to the ages of ages, and have the keys of death and of hades.

Douay-Rheims

And alive, and was dead, and behold I am living for ever and ever, and have the keys of death and of hell.

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Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

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