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 Rev 14:4


These are they which were not defiled with women; (r)for they are virgins. These are they (r)which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These (r)were (t)redeemed from among men, (R)being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.


Thats what that verse 

looks like in this book:



Mendenhall Reference Bible.
(Thx so much Diane.)
Looks like.

Thats four references (r)
and one translation (t)
and one italicized word: being.

which Im gonna have to dig back through 
the reference material and see exactly
 why that is/what that means etc...

So?

In Chronological order:



(r) 2 Corinthians 11:2


I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. 

I promised you 

to one husband, 

to Christ, 

so that 

I might present you 

as a pure virgin 

to him.


(r) Revelation 3:4


Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled 

their garments; 

and they shall walk with me in white: 

for they are worthy.


(r) Revelation 5:9


And they 

sung a new song, 

saying, 

Thou art worthy to take the book, 

and to open the seals thereof: 

for thou wast slain, 

and 

hast redeemed us 

to God 

by thy blood 

out of every 

kindred

and tongue, 

and people, 

and nation;


(T) Greek Bought


James 1:18


18 Of 

his own will 

begat (616) he us

 with 

the word (3056) of truth (225)

that we should be 

a kind of 

firstfruits (536)

of 

his creatures (2938).


Begat 

616

Strong's Concordance

apokueó: to give birth to

Original Word: ἀποκυέω

Part of Speech: Verb

Transliteration: apokueó

Phonetic Spelling: (ap-ok-oo-eh'-o)

Definition: to give birth to

Usage: I bring forth

give birth to (a child), a medical or physical word, 

marking the close of pregnancy.




"The word"

3056

Strong's Concordance

logos: a word (as embodying an idea), a statement, a speech

Original Word: λόγος, ου, ὁ

Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine

Transliteration: logos

Phonetic Spelling: (log'-os)

Definition: a word (as embodying an idea), a statement, a speech

Usage: a word, speech, divine utterance, analogy.

HELPS Word-studies

3056 lógos (from 3004 /légō, "speaking to a conclusion") 

(rings a bell a lil bit.)

– a word, being the expression of a thought; a saying. 3056 /lógos ("word") 

is preeminently used of Christ (Jn 1:1)

expressing the thoughts of the Father 

through the Spirit.


[3056 (lógos) is a common term (used 330 times in the NT) with regards to a person sharing a message (discourse, "communication-speech"). 3056 (lógos) is a broad term meaning "reasoning expressed by words."]


"Truth"

225

alétheia: truth

Original Word: ἀλήθεια, ας, ἡ

Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine

Transliteration: alétheia

Phonetic Spelling: (al-ay'-thi-a)

Definition: truth

Usage: truth, but not merely truth as spoken; 

truth of idea, 

reality, 

sincerity, 

truth in the moral sphere, 

divine truth revealed to man, 

straightforwardness.



First fruits

536 

aparché: the beginning of a sacrifice, i.e. the first fruit

Original Word: ἀπαρχή, ῆς, ἡ

Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine

Transliteration: aparché

Phonetic Spelling: (ap-ar-khay')

Definition: the beginning of a sacrifice, the first fruit

Usage: the first-fruits, the earliest crop of the year, hence also met., for example, of the earliest converts in a district; there is evidence in favor of rendering in some passages merely by: sacrifice, gift.


Creature

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 2938: 

κτίσμα


κτίσμα, κτισματος, τό (κτίζω); thing founded; created thing; (Vulg.creatura) (A. V. creature): 1 Timothy 4:4; Revelation 5:13; Revelation 8:9 (Wis. 9:2 Wis. 13:5); contextually and metaphorically, κτίσμα Θεοῦ, transformed by divine power to a moral newness of soul, spoken of true Christians as created anew by regeneration 

(others take it here unrestrictedly), 

James 1:18 (see ἀπαρχή, metaphorically, a.; also κτίζω under the end, κτίσις, 2 a.); τά ἐν ἀρχή κτισματα Θεοῦ, of the Israelites, Sir. 36:20 (15). ((Strabo, Dionysius Halicarnassus))


Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

creature.

From ktizo; an original formation (concretely), i.e. Product (created thing) -- creature.


see GREEK ktizo

2936

Strong's Concordance

ktizó: to build, create

Original Word: κτίζω

Part of Speech: Verb

Transliteration: ktizó

Phonetic Spelling: (ktid'-zo)

Definition: to build, create

Usage: I create, form, shape, make, 

always of God.


HELPS Word-studies

2936 ktízō – properly, create, which applies only to God who alone can make what was "not there before" (Latin, ex nihilo, out of nothing, J.Thayer); figuratively to begin ("found"), especially what is habitable or useful.


[This is also the meaning of this term 

from Homer to Josephus.]


NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin

a prim. verb

Definition

to build, create


NASB Translation

created (13), Creator (1), make (1).


Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 2936: 

κτίζω


κτίζω: 1 aorist ἔκτισα; perfect passive ἐκτισμαι; 1 aorist passive ἐκτίσθην; the Sept. chiefly for בָּרָא; properly, to make habitable, to people, a place, region, island (Homer, Herodotus, Thucydides, Diodorus, others); hence to found, a city, colony, state, etc. (Pindar and following; 1 Esdr. 4:53). In the Bible, to create: of God creating the world, man, etc., Mark 13:19; 1 Corinthians 11:9; Colossians 1:16 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 272 (255)); ; Ephesians 3:9; 1 Timothy 4:3; Revelation 4:11; Revelation 10:6 (Deuteronomy 4:32; Ecclesiastes 12:1; often in O. T. Apocrypha, as Judith 13:18; Wis. 2:23 Wis. 11:18 (); 3Macc. 2:9; (Josephus, Antiquities 1, 1, 1; Philo de decal. § 20)); absolutely, ὁ κτίσας, the creator, Romans 1:25; (Matthew 19:4 Tr WH); equivalent to to form, shape, i. e. (for substance) completely to change, 

to transform 

(of the moral or new creation of the soul, 

as it is called)

κτισθέντες ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ ἐπί ἔργοις ἀγαθοῖς, in intimate fellowship with Christ constituted to do good works (see ἐπί, B. 2 a. ζ.), Ephesians 2:10; τούς δύο εἰς ἕνα καινόν ἐνθρωπον, ibid. 15; τόν κτισθέντα κατά Θεόν, formed after God's likeness (see κατά, II. 3 c. δ.), Ephesians 4:24 (καρδίαν καθαράν κτίσον ἐν ἐμοί, Psalm 50:12 ()).


Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

to create

Probably akin to ktaomai (through the idea of proprietorship of the manufacturer); to fabricate, i.e. Found (form originally) -- create, Creator, make.

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