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saying, “What you see, write in a book and send to the seven churches: to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamum, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.”

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Greek: Transliteration:
saying, (denoting speech in progress), (a) to say, speak; to mean, mention, tell, (b) to call, name, especially in the pass., (c) to tell, command. V-PPA-GFS H3004 λεγούσης legousēs
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Alpha Alpha; the first letter of the Greek alphabet. V-AMA-2S H1125 γράψον grapson
a book A papyrus roll. N-ANS H975 βιβλίον biblion
“What Who, which, what, that. RelPro-ANS H3739 Ὃ o
in Into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among. V-PIA-2S H991 βλέπεις blepeis
send To send, transmit, permit to go, put forth. V-AMA-2S H3992 πέμψον pempson
seven Seven. Adj-DFP H2033 ἑπτὰ epta
churches: An assembly, congregation, church; the Church, the whole body of Christian believers. N-DFP H1577 ἐκκλησίαις ekklēsiais
Ephesus, Ephesus, a coast city, capital of the Roman province Asia. N-AFS H2181 Ἔφεσον epheson
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Smyrna, Smyrna, a great port of the Roman province Asia. N-AFS H4667 Σμύρναν smurnan
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Pergamum, Pergamum, an important city of the Roman province Asia. N-AFS H4010 Πέργαμον pergamon
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Thyatira, Thyatira, a city of the old district Lydia, in the Roman province Asia. N-ANP H2363 Θυάτειρα thuateira
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to Into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among. N-AFP H4554 Σάρδεις sardeis
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Philadelphia, Philadelphia, a city of the Roman province Asia. N-AFS H5359 Φιλαδέλφειαν philadelpheian
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Laodicea.” Laodicea, a city in the Lycos valley in the Roman province Asia, near Colossae and Hierapolis. N-AFS H2993 Λαοδίκειαν laodikeian
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Locations

Asia

ASIAa'-shi-a (Asia): A Roman province embracing the greater part of western Asia Minor, including the older countries of Mysia, Lydia, Caria, and a part of Phrygia, also several of the independent coast cities, the Troad, and apparently the islands of Lesbos, Samos, Patmos, Cos and others near the Asia Minor coast (Acts 16:6; Acts 19:10, 27). It is exceeding... View Details

Ephesus

EPHESUSef'-e-sus (Ephesos, "desirable"):A city of the Roman province of Asia, near the mouth of the Cayster river, 3 miles from the western coast of Asia Minor, and opposite the island of Samos. With an artificial harbor accessible to the largest ships, and rivaling the harbor at Miletus, standing at the entrance of the valley which reaches far into the inte... View Details

Laodicea

LAODICEAla-od-i-se'-a (Laodikia): A city of Asia Minor situated in the Lycos valley in the province of Phrygia, and the home of one of the Seven Churches of Re (1:11). Distinguished from several other cities of that name by the appellation Ad Lycum, it was founded by Antiochus II (261-246 B.C.) of Syria, who named it for his wife Laodike, and who populated i... View Details

Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIAfil-a-del-'fi-a (Philadelphia: A city of ancient Lydia in Asia Minor on the Cogamus River, 105 miles from Smyrna. It stood upon a terrace 650 ft. above the sea. Behind it are the volcanic cliffs to which the Turks have given the name of Devitt, or "inkwells"; on the other side of the city the land is exceedingly fertile, and there was produced a... View Details

Sardis

SARDISsar'-dis (Sardeis): Sardis is of special interest to the student of Herodotus and Xenophon, for there Artaphernes, the brother of Darius, lived, and from there Xerxes invaded Greece and Cyrus marched against his brother Artaxerxes; it is also of interest to the student of early Christian history as the home of one of the Seven Churches of Re (1:11; 3:1... View Details

Smyrna

SMYRNAsmur'-na (Smurna):1. Ancient:Smyrna, a large ancient city on the western coast of Asia Minor, at the head of a gulf which reaches 30 miles inland, was originally peopled by the Asiatics known as the Lelages. The city seems to have been taken from the Lelages by the Aeolian Greeks about 1100 B.C.; there still remain traces of the cyclopean masonry of th... View Details

Thyatira

THYATIRAthi-a-ti'-ra (Thuateira): Thyatira was a wealthy town in the northern part of Lydia of the Roman province of Asia, on the river Lycus. It stood so near to the borders of Mysia, that some of the early writers have regarded it as belonging to that country. Its early history is not well known, for until it was refounded by Seleucus Nicator (301-281 B.C.... View Details

People

Sardi

descendant of Sered

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Berean Bible saying, “What you see, write in a book and send to the seven churches: to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamum, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.”
King James Bible saying, “What you see, Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book book, and send to it unto the seven churches: to churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and to unto Smyrna, and to Pergamum, unto Pergamos, and to unto Thyatira, and to unto Sardis, and to unto Philadelphia, and to unto Laodicea.”
Hebrew Greek English saying, “What you see, write "Write in a book what you see, and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Ephesus and to Smyrna, Smyrna and to Pergamum, Pergamum and to Thyatira, Thyatira and to Sardis, Sardis and to Philadelphia, Philadelphia and to Laodicea.”"
New American Standard Bible 1995 saying, “What you see, write "Write in a book what you see, and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Ephesus and to Smyrna, Smyrna and to Pergamum, Pergamum and to Thyatira, Thyatira and to Sardis, Sardis and to Philadelphia, Philadelphia and to Laodicea.”"