Revelation 1:18
New Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death."
Word-by-Word Analysis
חַי
chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
חָיָה
châyâh
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
דּוֹר
dôwr
properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
אָמֵן
ʼâmên
sure; abstract, faithfulness; adverb, truly
κλείς
kleís
a key (as shutting a lock), literally or figuratively
שְׁאוֹל
shᵉʼôwl
Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
מָוֶת
mâveth
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
Key Terms in This Verse
דּוֹר dôwr
properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
Study H1755 →שְׁאוֹל shᵉʼôwl
Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
Study H7585 →חָיָה châyâh
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
Study H2421 →חַי chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
Study H2416 →מָוֶת mâveth
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
Study H4194 →רָאָה râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Study H7200 →Cross References
Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from death.
And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man...
And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the...
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself fo...
Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.
And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,
And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.
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