King James Version

Revelation 22:6

And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “the” (ὁ) before God here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “spirits of the” (πνευμάτων τῶν) before prophets here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “holy” (ἁγίων) before prophets here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

ΚαὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andεἶπένeipento sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to say”, a single actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “say”.Strong’s files this form under G2036 (ἔπω, speak/say).he saidμοιmoiIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, dative, singular — “I”, the to- or for-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).unto meΟὗτοιhoutoiTheseοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “These”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.Theseοἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.λόγοιlogoisayingsλόγος (logos)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “sayings”, the subject formG3056a word, speech, divine utterance, analogy.sayingsπιστοὶpistoiare faithfulπιστός (pistos)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “are faithful”, the subject formG4103trustworthy, faithful, believing.This verse uses “faithful”.are faithfulκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἀληθινοίalēthinoitrueἀληθινός (alēthinos)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “true”, the subject formG228true (lit: made of truth), real, genuine.This verse uses “true”.trueκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.κύριοςkuriosLordκύριοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Lord”, the subject formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.the Lordὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.θεὸςtheosGodθεόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “God”, the subject formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.Godτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.πνευμάτωνpneumatōnof the holyπνεῦμα (pneuma)noun, genitive, plural, neuter — “of the holy”, the of-formG4151wind, breath, spirit.of the holyτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.προφητῶνprophētōnprophetsπροφήτης (prophētēs)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “prophets”, the of-formG4396a prophet, poet; a person gifted at expositing divine truth.prophetsἀπέστειλενapesteilensentἀποστέλλω (apostellō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “sent”, a single actionG649I send forth, send (as a messenger, commission, etc.), send away, dismiss.sentτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἄγγελονangelonangelἄγγελος (angelos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “angel”, the object formG32a messenger, generally a (supernatural) messenger from God, an angel, conveying news or behests from God to men.angelαὐτοῦautouunto hisαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “unto his”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.unto hisδεῖξαιdeixaito showδείκνυμι (deiknumi)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to show”, a single actionG1166I point out, show, exhibit; met: I teach, demonstrate, make known.This verse uses “show”.τοῖςtoistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.δούλοιςdouloisservantsδοῦλος (doulos)noun, dative, plural, masculine — “servants”, the to- or for-formG1401(a) (as adj.) enslaved, (b) (as noun) a (male) slave.servantsαὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ἃhathings whichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, plural, neuter — “things which”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.the things whichδεῖdeibindδέω (déō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “bind”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1210I bind, tie, fasten; I impel, compel; I declare to be prohibited and unlawful.Strong’s files this form under G1163 (δεῖ).mustγενέσθαιgenesthaito be doneγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle infinitive — “to be done”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.be doneἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.τάχειtacheiquicknessτάχος (tachos)noun, dative, singular, neuter — “quickness”, the to- or for-formG5034quickness, speed; hastily, immediately.This verse uses “quickness”.

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ἁγίωνhagiōnof the holyἅγιος (hagios)noun, genitive, plural, neuter — “of the holy”, the of-formG40set apart by (or for) God, holy, sacred.This verse uses “holy”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And he said to me, 'These words [are] stedfast and true, and the Lord God of the holy prophets did send His messenger to shew to His servants the things that it behoveth to come quickly:

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he said unto me, These words are faithful and true: and the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, sent his angel to show unto his servants the things which must shortly come to pass.

Young’s Literal Translation

And he said to me, 'These words [are] stedfast and true, and the Lord God of the holy prophets did send His messenger to shew to His servants the things that it behoveth to come quickly:

World English Bible

He said to me, “These words are faithful and true. The Lord God of the spirits of the prophets sent his angel to show to his bondservants the things which must happen soon.”

Darby Translation

And he said to me, These words [are] faithful and true; and [the] Lord God of the spirits of the prophets has sent his angel to shew to his bondmen the things which must soon come to pass.

Douay-Rheims

And he said to me: These words are most faithful and true. And the Lord God of the spirits of the prophets sent his angel to shew his servants the things which must be done shortly.

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