1 Thessalonians 4:16-17

New Testament 2 verses 64 words 23 with Strong's data
16For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 17Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

Word Frequency in Passage

lord 3x himself 1x descend 1x heaven 1x shout 1x voice 1x archangel 1x trump 1x god 1x dead 1x christ 1x rise 1x first 1x alive 1x remain 1x caught 1x together 1x clouds 1x meet 1x air 1x

Key Terms Across Passage

Lord
2x in passage H3068

יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

archangel
H1403

גַּבְרִיאֵל Gabrîyʼêl

Gabriel, an archangel

trump
G4536

σάλπιγξ sálpinx

a trumpet

descend
H3381

יָרַד yârad

to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau...

shout
H7321

רוּעַ rûwaʻ

to mar (especially by breaking); figuratively, to split the ears (with sound), i.e. shout (for alarm or joy)

caught
H270

אָחַז ʼâchaz

to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)

air
H8064

שָׁמַיִם shâmayim

the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r...

clouds
H5645

עָב ʻâb

properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse

remain
H7604

שָׁאַר shâʼar

properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant

alive
H2421

חָיָה châyâh

to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive

meet
H7125

קִרְאָה qirʼâh

an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)

rise
H6965

קוּם qûwm

to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)

dead
H4191

מוּת mûwth

to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill

first
H7223

רִאשׁוֹן riʼshôwn

first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)

ever
H5769

עוֹלָם ʻôwlâm

properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (...

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Cross References for Passage

1 Corinthians 15:52 45

In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
Revelation 1:7 39

Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
Revelation 11:12 33

And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
1 Corinthians 15:23 30

But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.
John 14:3 27

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
Matthew 16:27 26

For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
Matthew 25:31 19

When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
1 Thessalonians 4:15 17

For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
2 Thessalonians 1:7 15

And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
Isaiah 27:13 13

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall wo...
2 Thessalonians 2:1 12

Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
Daniel 7:13 12

I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
Psalm 47:5 11

God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
John 17:24 11

Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
Zechariah 9:14

And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the LORD God shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south.
John 12:26

If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.
Acts 1:9

And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
Acts 1:11

Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
Matthew 26:64

Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
2 Peter 3:10

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that...

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