King James Version
Revelation 21:15 in the King James Version says “And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.” — study this verse from Revelation chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.”
Revelation 21:15 · KJV
On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.
And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed , twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.
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“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“with”
G3326properly, denoting accompaniment; "amid" (local or causal); modified variously according to the case (genitive association, or accusative succession)
“had”
G2192to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or conditio
“reed”
G2563a reed (the plant or its stem, or that of a similar plant); by implication, a pen
“measure”
G3354to measure (i.e., ascertain in size by a fixed standard); by implication, to admeasure (i.e., allot by rule)
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“the gates”
G4440a gate-way, door-way of a building or city; by implication, a portal or vestibule
“thereof”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“thereof”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
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