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Revelation 7:13

And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?

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ΚαὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἀπεκρίθηapekrithēansweredἀποκρίνομαι (apokrinomai)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “answered”, a single actionG611I answer, reply, take up the conversation.answeredεἷςheisoneεἷςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “one”, the subject formG1520one.ἐκekout fromἐκpreposition — “out from”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.This verse uses “from”.τῶνtōnwhichὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “which”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.whichπρεσβυτέρωνpresbuterōnelderπρεσβύτερος (presbuteros)adjective, genitive, plural, masculine — “elder”, the of-formG4245elder, usually used as subst.; an elder, a member of the Sanhedrin, an elder of a Christian assembly.λέγωνlegōnto speakλέγω (legō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to speak”, an ongoing or repeated 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 “speak”.μοιmoiIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, dative, singular — “I”, the to- or for-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).Οὗτοιhoutoithisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “this”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.περιβεβλημένοιperibeblēmenoiare arrayed inπεριβάλλω (periballō)verb, perfect middle participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “are arrayed in”, a completed action with a present resultG4016I cast around, wrap a garment about, put on; hence mid: I put on to myself, clothe myself, dress; I draw (a line).are arrayed inτὰςtastheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.στολὰςstolasrobesστολή (stolē)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “robes”, the object formG4749a long robe, worn by the upper classes in the East.robesτὰςtastheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.λευκὰςleukaswhiteλευκός (leukos)adjective, accusative, plural, feminine — “white”, the object formG3022white, bright, brilliant.This verse uses “white”.τίνεςtineswhich?τίς (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “which?”, the subject formG5101who, which, what, why.This verse uses “which”.εἰσὶνeisinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.καὶkai? andκαίconjunction — “? and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.? andπόθενpothenwhenceπόθενadverb — “whence”G4159whence, from what place.whenceἦλθονēlthoncame theyἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “came they”, a single actionG2064I come, go.came they

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And answer did one of the elders, saying to me, 'These, who have been arrayed with the white robes — who are they, and whence came they?'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, These that are arrayed in the white robes, who are they, and whence came they?

Young’s Literal Translation

And answer did one of the elders, saying to me, 'These, who have been arrayed with the white robes — who are they, and whence came they?'

World English Bible

One of the elders answered, saying to me, “These who are arrayed in the white robes, who are they, and where did they come from?”

Darby Translation

And one of the elders answered, saying to me, These who are clothed with white robes, who are they, and whence came they?

Douay-Rheims

And one of the ancients answered, and said to me: These that are clothed in white robes, who are they? and whence came they?

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