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Revelation 21:14

And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “had” (ἔχων) before foundations here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “on them” (ἐπ᾽ αὐτῶν) before twelve here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “twelve” (δώδεκα) before apostles here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “had” (ἔχον) before foundations here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “in them” (ἐν αὐτοῖς) before names here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.τεῖχοςteichoswallτεῖχοςnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “wall”, the subject formG5038a wall, especially of a city.the wallτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.πόλεωςpoleōsof the cityπόλις (polis)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of the city”, the of-formG4172a city, the inhabitants of a city.of the cityἔχωνechōnhadἔχω (echō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “had”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.hadθεμελίουςthemeliousfoundationsθεμέλιος (themelios)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “foundations”, the object formG2310(properly, an adj: belonging to the foundation), a foundation stone.foundationsδώδεκαdōdekaof the twelveδώδεκαadjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “of the twelve”, the object formG1427twelve; the usual way in which the Twelve apostles of Jesus are referred to.of the twelveκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ἐπ’epuponἐπί (epi)preposition — “upon”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.αὐτῶνautōnheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.δώδεκαdōdekatwelveδώδεκαadjective, accusative, plural, neuter — “twelve”, the object formG1427twelve; the usual way in which the Twelve apostles of Jesus are referred to.ὀνόματαonomatanameὄνομα (onoma)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “name”, the object formG3686name, character, fame, reputation.This verse uses “name”.τῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.δώδεκαdōdekatwelveδώδεκαadjective, genitive, plural, masculine — “twelve”, the of-formG1427twelve; the usual way in which the Twelve apostles of Jesus are referred to.ἀποστόλωνapostolōnapostlesἀπόστολος (apostolos)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “apostles”, the of-formG652a messenger, envoy, delegate, one commissioned by another to represent him in some way, especially a man sent out by Jesus Christ Himself to preach the Gospel; an apostle.apostlesτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀρνίουarniouof the Lambἀρνίον (arnion)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “of the Lamb”, the of-formG721(originally: a little lamb, but diminutive force was lost), a lamb.of the Lamb

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ἔχονechonhadἔχω (echō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “had”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.αὐτοῖςautoisthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “them”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

Young’s Literal Translation

and the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

World English Bible

The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb.

Darby Translation

And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

Douay-Rheims

And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them, the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

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