Revelation 14:3
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.”
ᾠδή
a chant or "ode" (the general term for any words sung; while G5215 (ὕμνος) denotes especially a religious metrical composition, and G5568 (ψαλμός) still more specially, a Hebrew cantillation)
μανθάνω
to learn
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μανθάνω
To learn, to discover by experience. Manthano. I have learned to be content. Contentment is not automatic. It is learned through the experience of God's faithfulness in every season.
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καινός
new
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καινός
New, fresh, recently made. Kainos. A new commandment I give you. Kainos means new in quality not just new in time. The new covenant is better in kind not just newer in age.
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θρόνος
throne
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θρόνος
Throne, seat of authority. Thronos. The throne of grace. We can approach it boldly. The throne that could terrify has become a throne of grace through the blood of Jesus.
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γῆ
earth.
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γῆ
Earth, land, soil, ground. Ge. The earth is the LORD's and everything in it. Creation belongs to its Creator. We are stewards not owners of what God has made.
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οὐδείς
no one
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οὐδείς
No one, nothing, none. No one can snatch them out of My hand. The security of the believer rests not in their grip but in His. And His grip never fails.
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δύναμαι
was able
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δύναμαι
To be able, to have power, to be capable. Dunamai. With God all things are possible. The limit of what is possible is not human ability but divine will.
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πρεσβύτερος
elders,
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πρεσβύτερος
older; as noun, a senior; specially, an Israelite Sanhedrist (also figuratively, member of the celestial council) or Christian "presbyter"
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ζῶον
living creatures
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ζῶον
a live thing, i.e. an animal
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χιλιάς
thousand
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χιλιάς
one thousand ("chiliad")
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εἰ
only
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εἰ
if, whether, that, etc.
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ἑκατόν
one hundred
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ἑκατόν
a hundred
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τεσσαράκοντα
forty
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τεσσαράκοντα
forty
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τέσσαρες
four
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τέσσαρες
four
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