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Revelation 6:9

And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:

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ΚαὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andὅτεhotewhenὅτεconjunction — “when”G3753when, at which time.whenἤνοιξενēnoixenhe had openedἀνοίγω (anoigō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “he had opened”, a single actionG455I open.he had openedτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πέμπτηνpemptēnfifthπέμπτος (pemptos)adjective, accusative, singular, feminine — “fifth”, the object formG3991the fifth.the fifthσφραγῖδαsphragidasealσφραγίς (sphragis)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “seal”, the object formG4973a seal, signet ring, the impression of a seal, that which the seal attests, the proof.sealεἶδονeidonseeὁράω (horáō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 1st person singular — “see”, a single actionG3708I see, look upon, experience, perceive, discern, beware.This verse uses “see”.Strong’s files this form under G1492 (εἴδω, see/know).I sawὑποκάτωhupokatōunderὑποκάτωpreposition — “under”G5270underneath, below, under.underτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.θυσιαστηρίουthusiastērioualtarθυσιαστήριον (thusiastērion)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “altar”, the of-formG2379an altar (for sacrifice).the altarτὰςtastheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ψυχὰςpsuchassoulsψυχή (psuchē)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “souls”, the object formG5590(a) the vital breath, breath of life, (b) the human soul, (c) the soul as the seat of affections and will, (d) the self, (e) a human person, an individual.the soulsτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἐσφαγμένωνesphagmenōnof them that were slainσφάζω (sphazō)verb, perfect passive participle, genitive, plural, masculine — “of them that were slain”, a completed action with a present resultG4969I slay, kill by violence, slaughter, wound mortally.of them that were slainδιὰdiaforδιάpreposition — “for”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.forτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.λόγονlogonwordλόγος (logos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “word”, the object formG3056a word, speech, divine utterance, analogy.the wordτοῦtoutheὁ (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”.andδιὰdiaforδιάpreposition — “for”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.forτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.μαρτυρίανmarturiantestimonyμαρτυρία (marturia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “testimony”, the object formG3141witness, evidence, testimony, reputation.This verse uses “testimony”.the testimonyἣνhēnwhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, singular, feminine — “which”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.whichεἶχονeichonthey heldἔχω (echō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they held”, an ongoing action in the pastG2192I have, hold, possess.they held

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those slain because of the word of God, and because of the testimony that they held,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of them that had been slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:

Young’s Literal Translation

And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those slain because of the word of God, and because of the testimony that they held,

World English Bible

When he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the Word of God, and for the testimony of the Lamb which they had.

Darby Translation

And when it opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of them that had been slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held;

Douay-Rheims

And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held.

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