KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Revelation 22:14 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.”
What does this verse really mean? Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Greek Scripture. This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. Follow the buttons in the right-hand column for detailed definitions and verses that use the same root words. Use this reference information to gain deeper insight into the Bible and enrich your understanding. Information based on Strong's Exhaustive Concordance[1].
| KJV Verse | Original Greek | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Greek word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Greek word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “Blessed” | Μακάριοι | Supremely blest; by extension, fortunate, well off | Blessed |
| “are” | (No Greek definition. English implied.) | ||
| “they” | οἱ | The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) | they |
| “that do” | ποιοῦντες | To make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct) | do |
| “his” | αὐτοῦ, | The reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons | his |
| “commandments,” | ἐντολὰς | Injunction, i.e., an authoritative prescription | commandments |
| “that” | ἵνα | In order that (denoting the purpose or the result) | that |
| “they” | αὐτῶν | The reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons | they |
| “may have” | ἔσται | Will be | may have |
| “right” | ἐξουσία | Privilege, i.e., (subjectively) force, capacity, competency, freedom, or (objectively) mastery (concretely, magistrate, superhuman, potentate, token of control), delegated influence | right |
| “to” | ἐπὶ | Properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc | to |
| “the” | τὸ | The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) | the |
| “tree” | ξύλον | Timber (as fuel or material); by implication, a stick, club or tree or other wooden article or substance | tree |
| “of” | ζωῆς | Life (literally or figuratively) | of |
| “life,” | ζωῆς | Life (literally or figuratively) | life |
| “and” | καὶ | And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words | and |
| “may enter in” | εἰσέλθωσιν | To enter (literally or figuratively) | enter |
| “through the” | τοῖς | The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) | through |
| “gates” | πυλῶσιν | A gate-way, door-way of a building or city; by implication, a portal or vestibule | gates |
| “into” | εἰς | To or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases | into |
| “the” | τὴν | The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) | the |
| “city.” | πόλιν | A town (properly, with walls, of greater or less size) | city |
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12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
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