Revelation 6:17

New Testament • 6 words with Strong's data

"For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?"

Word-by-Word Analysis

For the

גָּדוֹל

gâdôwl

H1419

great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent

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יוֹם

yôwm

H3117

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...

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of his

אַף

ʼaph

H639

properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire

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is

בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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and who shall be

יָכֹל

yâkôl

H3201

to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)

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to

עָמַד

ʻâmad

H5975

to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)

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Key Terms in This Verse

able H3201

יָכֹל yâkôl

to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)

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wrath H639

אַף ʼaph

properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire

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stand H5975

עָמַד ʻâmad

to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)

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great H1419

גָּדוֹל gâdôwl

great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent

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day H3117

יוֹם yôwm

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)

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come H935

בּוֹא bôwʼ

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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Cross References

Malachi 3:2 cross-reference

But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap:

Joel 2:11 cross-reference

And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?

Psalm 76:7 cross-reference

Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?

Joel 2:31 cross-reference

The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.

Revelation 16:14 cross-reference

For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.

Jeremiah 30:7 cross-reference

Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.

Romans 2:5 cross-reference

But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

Jude 1:6 cross-reference

And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

Revelation 11:18 cross-reference

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...

Luke 21:36 cross-reference

Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

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