King James Version

Revelation 22:1

And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.

Study

Greek

Tap a word to see its meaning.

The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “pure” (καθαρὸν) before water here.

ΚαὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἔδειξένedeixenhe shewedδείκνυμι (deiknumi)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “he shewed”, a single actionG1166I point out, show, exhibit; met: I teach, demonstrate, make known.he shewedμοιmoiIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, dative, singular — “I”, the to- or for-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).meποταμὸνpotamonriverποταμός (potamos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “river”, the object formG4215a river, torrent, stream.riverὕδατοςhudatosof waterὕδωρ (hudōr)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “of water”, the of-formG5204water.of waterζωῆςzōēsof lifeζωή (zōē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of life”, the of-formG2222life, both of physical (present) and of spiritual (particularly future) existence.of lifeλαμπρὸνlampronclearλαμπρός (lampros)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “clear”, the object formG2986shining, magnificent, bright, splendid.clearὡςhōsasὡςconjunction — “as”G5613as, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that.asκρύσταλλονkrustalloncrystalκρύσταλλος (krustallos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “crystal”, the object formG2930crystal.crystalἐκπορευόμενονekporeuomenonproceedingἐκπορεύομαι (ekporeuomai)verb, present middle participle, accusative, singular, masculine — “proceeding”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1607I depart from; I am voided, cast out; I proceed from, am spoken; I burst forth, flow out, am spread abroad.proceedingἐκekout 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.θρόνουthronouthroneθρόνος (thronos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “throne”, the of-formG2362a (king's) throne, seat; meton: power, dominion; a potentate.the throneτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.θεοῦtheouof Godθεός (theos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of God”, the of-formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.of Godκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andτοῦtoutheὁ (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

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

καθαρὸνkatharona pureκαθαρός (katharos)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “a pure”, the object formG2513clean, pure, unstained, either literally or ceremonially or spiritually; guiltless, innocent, upright.This verse uses “pure”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, bright as crystal, going forth out of the throne of God and of the Lamb:

Compare Public-Domain Translations

The King James Version remains the text of this page and the canonical URL.

American Standard Version (1901)

And he showed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb,

Young’s Literal Translation

And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, bright as crystal, going forth out of the throne of God and of the Lamb:

World English Bible

He showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb,

Darby Translation

And he shewed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, going out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.

Douay-Rheims

And he showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

See Also

Analytics Cookies