Revelation 6:10
New Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
צָעַק
tsâʻaq
to shriek; (by implication) to proclaim (an assembly)
גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
קֹדֶשׁ
qôdesh
a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
אֶמֶת
ʼemeth
stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness
μέλω
mélō
to be of interest to, i.e. to concern (only third person singular present indicative used impersonally, it matters)
שָׁפַט
shâphaṭ
to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literall...
דָּם
dâm
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe...
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
Key Terms in This Verse
μέλω mélō
to be of interest to, i.e. to concern (only third person singular present indicative used impersonally, it matters)
Study G3199 →שָׁפַט shâphaṭ
to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively)
Study H8199 →יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →דָּם dâm
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
Study H1818 →Cross References
For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them...
Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
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...
Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and t...
Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.
And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed.
Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord God, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes...
Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.
How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?
Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give b...
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