King James Version

Revelation 21:10

And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “great the” (μεγάλην τὴν) before holy here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἀπήνεγκένapēnenkenhe carriedἀποφέρω (apopherō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “he carried”, a single actionG667I carry, bear away (sometimes with violence).he carriedμεmeIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, accusative, singular — “I”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).meἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inπνεύματιpneumatispiritπνεῦμα (pneuma)noun, dative, singular, neuter — “spirit”, the to- or for-formG4151wind, breath, spirit.This verse uses “spirit”.the spiritἐπὶepitoἐπίpreposition — “to”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.toὄροςorosmountainὄροςnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “mountain”, the object formG3735a mountain, hill.mountainμέγαmegathat greatμέγας (megas)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “that great”, the object formG3173large, great, in the widest sense.This verse uses “great”.that greatκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ὑψηλόνhupsēlonhighὑψηλός (hupsēlos)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “high”, the object formG5308high, lofty.This verse uses “high”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ἔδειξένedeixento showδείκνυμι (deiknumi)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to show”, a single actionG1166I point out, show, exhibit; met: I teach, demonstrate, make known.This verse uses “show”.μοιmoiIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, dative, singular — “I”, the to- or for-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).τὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πόλινpolincityπόλις (polis)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “city”, the object formG4172a city, the inhabitants of a city.cityτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἁγίανhagianholyἅγιος (hagios)adjective, accusative, singular, feminine — “holy”, the object formG40set apart by (or for) God, holy, sacred.This verse uses “holy”.the holyἸερουσαλὴμierousalēmJerusalemἸερουσαλήμnoun, accusative, singular, feminine — “Jerusalem”, the object formG2419(Aramaic form), Jerusalem, the capital of Palestine: hence Judaism, and allegorically, Christendom, the Christian Church.Jerusalemκαταβαίνουσανkatabainousandescendingκαταβαίνω (katabainō)verb, present active participle, accusative, singular, feminine — “descending”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2597I go down, come down, either from the sky or from higher land, descend.descendingἐκekout ofἐκpreposition — “out of”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.out ofτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.οὐρανοῦouranouheavenοὐρανός (ouranos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “heaven”, the of-formG3772heaven, (a) the visible heavens: the atmosphere, the sky, the starry heavens, (b) the spiritual heavens.heavenἀπὸapofromἀπόpreposition — “from”G575from, away from.This verse uses “from”.fromτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.θεοῦtheouGodθεός (theos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “God”, the of-formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.God

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

μεγάληνmegalēna greatμέγας (megas)adjective, accusative, singular, feminine — “a great”, the object formG3173large, great, in the widest sense.This verse uses “great”.τὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and did shew to me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, coming down out of the heaven from God,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,

Young’s Literal Translation

and he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and did shew to me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, coming down out of the heaven from God,

World English Bible

He carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,

Darby Translation

And he carried me away in [the] Spirit, [and set me] on a great and high mountain, and shewed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of the heaven from God,

Douay-Rheims

And he took me up in spirit to a great and high mountain: and he shewed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,

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