Revelation 21:16
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.”
πόλις
City, town. Polis. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. The church is meant to be visible. Its light is for the community around it. Hide nothing. Let it shine.
ὅσος
the] same as
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ὅσος
As many as, as much as, whoever. All who received Him to all who believed in His name He gave the right to become children of God. The offer is unlimited.
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τοσοῦτος
so great
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τοσοῦτος
apparently from G3588 (ὁ) and G3739 (ὅς)) and G3778 (οὗτος) (including its variations); so vast as this, i.e. such (in quantity, amount, number of space)
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μετρέω
he measured
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μετρέω
to measure (i.e. ascertain in size by a fixed standard); by implication, to admeasure (i.e. allot by rule)
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ὕψος
height
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ὕψος
elevation, i.e. (abstractly) altitude, (specially), the sky, or (figuratively) dignity
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κάλαμος
reed
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κάλαμος
a reed (the plant or its stem, or that of a similar plant); by implication, a pen
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στάδιον
stadia
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στάδιον
a stade or certain measure of distance; by implication, a stadium or race-course
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κεῖμαι
lies,
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κεῖμαι
to lie outstretched (literally or figuratively)
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μῆκος
length
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μῆκος
length (literally or figuratively) length.
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εἰμί
are.
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εἰμί
I exist (used only when emphatic)
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ἴσος
equal
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ἴσος
similar (in amount and kind)
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τετράγωνος
foursquare
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τετράγωνος
four-cornered, i.e. square
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δώδεκα
twelve
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δώδεκα
two and ten, i.e. a dozen
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χιλιάς
thousand
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χιλιάς
one thousand ("chiliad")
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πλάτος
breadth
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πλάτος
width
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