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Revelation 21:17

And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.

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καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἐμέτρησενemetrēsenhe measuredμετρέω (metreō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “he measured”, a single actionG3354I measure (out), estimate.he measuredτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.τεῖχοςteichoswallτεῖχοςnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “wall”, the object formG5038a wall, especially of a city.the wallαὐτῆςautēsthereofαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, feminine — “thereof”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.thereofἑκατὸνhekatonan hundredἑκατόνadjective, genitive, plural, masculine — “an hundred”, the of-formG1540one hundred.an hundredτεσσεράκονταtesserakontaand fortyτεσσεράκονταadjective, genitive, plural, masculine — “and forty”, the of-formG5062forty.and fortyτεσσάρωνtessarōnand fourτέσσαρες (tessares)adjective, genitive, plural, masculine — “and four”, the of-formG5064four.and fourπηχῶνpēchōncubitsπῆχυς (pēchus)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “cubits”, the of-formG4083a cubit, about a foot and a half.cubitsμέτρονmetronaccording to the measureμέτρονnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “according to the measure”, the object formG3358a measure, whether lineal or cubic; a measuring rod.according to the measureἀνθρώπουanthrōpouof a manἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of a man”, the of-formG444a man, one of the human race.This verse uses “a man”.of a manὅhowhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “which”, the subject formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.ἐστινestinthat isεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “that is”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.that isἀγγέλουangelouof the angelἄγγελος (angelos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of the angel”, the of-formG32a messenger, generally a (supernatural) messenger from God, an angel, conveying news or behests from God to men.of the angel

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and he measured its wall, an hundred forty-four cubits, the measure of a man, that is, of the messenger;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he measured the wall thereof, a hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.

Young’s Literal Translation

and he measured its wall, an hundred forty-four cubits, the measure of a man, that is, of the messenger;

World English Bible

Its wall is one hundred forty-four cubits, by the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.

Darby Translation

And he measured its wall, a hundred [and] forty-four cubits, [a] man's measure, that is, [the] angel's.

Douay-Rheims

And he measured the wall thereof an hundred and forty-four cubits, the measure of a man, which is of an angel.

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