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After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude, which no one was able to number it, out of every nation, and tribes, and peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, having been clothed with white robes, and palm branches in their hands.

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Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Greek: Transliteration:
After (a) genitive: with, in company with, (b) accusative: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives. Prep H3326 Μετὰ meta
Analysis:

 
these things This; he, she, it. DPro-ANP H3778    
I looked, To see, look upon, experience, perceive, discern, beware. V-AIA-1S H3708    
behold, See! Lo! Behold! Look!. V-AMA-2S H2400 ἰδοὺ idou
a great Much, many; often. Adj-NMS H4183 πολύς polus
multitude, A crowd, mob, the common people. N-NMS H3793 ὄχλος ochlos
which Who, which, what, that. RelPro-AMS H3739 ὃν on
no one No one, none, nothing. Adj-NMS H3762 οὐδεὶς oudeis
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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was able (a) to be powerful, have (the) power, (b) to be able. V-IIM/P-3S H1410 ἐδύνατο edunato
to number To number, count. V-ANA H705 ἀριθμῆσαι arithmēsai
every All, the whole, every kind of. Adj-GNS H3956 παντὸς pantos
nation, A race, people, nation; the nations, heathen world, Gentiles. N-GNS H1484 ἔθνους ethnous
tribes, A tribe or race of people. N-GFP H5443 φυλῶν phulōn
peoples, (a) a people, characteristically of God's chosen people, first the Jews, then the Christians, (b) sometimes, but rarely, the people, the crowd. N-GMP H2992 λαῶν laōn
tongues, The tongue, a language, a nation (usually distinguished by their speech). N-GFP H1100 γλωσσῶν glōssōn
standing (a) to make to stand, place, set up, establish, appoint; to place oneself, stand, (b) to set in balance, weigh; (c) to stand, stand by, stand still; to stand ready, stand firm, to be steadfast. V-RPA-NMP H2476 ἑστῶτες estōtes
before Before the face of, in the presence of, in the eyes of. Prep H1799 ἐνώπιον enōpion
throne A (king's) throne, seat; power, dominion; a potentate. N-GMS H2362 θρόνου thronou
before Before the face of, in the presence of, in the eyes of. Prep H1799 ἐνώπιον enōpion
Lamb, (originally: a little lamb, but diminutive force was lost), a lamb. N-GNS H721 ἀρνίου arniou
having been clothed with To cast around, wrap a garment about, put on; hence to put on to oneself, clothe oneself, dress; to draw (a line). V-RPM/P-AMP H4016 περιβεβλημένους peribeblēmenous
white White, bright, brilliant. Adj-AFP H3022 λευκὰς leukas
robes, A long robe, worn by the upper classes in the East. N-AFP H4749 στολὰς stolas
palm branches A palm tree, the date-palm. N-NMP H5404 φοίνικες phoinikes
hands. A hand. N-DFP H5495 χερσὶν chersin

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Berean Bible After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude, which no one was able to number it, out of every nation, and tribes, and peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, having been clothed with white robes, and palm branches in their hands.
King James Bible After these things this I looked, and behold, beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no one was able to number it, out man could number, of every nation, all nations, and tribes, kindreds, and peoples, people, and tongues, standing stood before the throne throne, and before the Lamb, having been clothed with white robes, and palm branches palms in their hands.hands;
Hebrew Greek English After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude, multitude which no one was able to number it, out of could count, from every nation, nation and tribes, all tribes and peoples, peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, having been clothed with in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands.hands;
New American Standard Bible 1995 After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude, multitude which no one was able to number it, out of could count, from every nation, nation and tribes, all tribes and peoples, peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, having been clothed with in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands.hands;