Revelation
ἀποκάλυψιςStrong’s G0602apokalupsis
Appears in 17 verses of the New Testament
In short
Apokalupsis is the Greek word usually translated “revelation” and “revelations”. It appears in 17 verses of the New Testament.
“And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,”
Meaning
Usually translated “revelation” and “revelations”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- revelation 12
- a revelation 3
- revelations 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Corinthians 3
- 1 Peter 3
- Romans 2
- 2 Corinthians 2
- Galatians 2
- Ephesians 2
9 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 2:32A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
- Romans 2:5But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
- Romans 8:19For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
- 1 Corinthians 1:7So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:
- 1 Corinthians 14:6Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine?
- 1 Corinthians 14:26How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.
Greek dictionary
ἀποκάλυψις apokalupsis · revelation
ἀπο-κάλυψις, -εως, ἡ (ἀποκαλύπτω), [in LXX: 1Ki.20:30 (עֶרְוָה), Sir.11:27 22:22 42:1 * ;] an uncovering, laying bare (Plut.). Metaphorical, a revealing, revelation: a disclosure of divine truth, or a manifestion from God: Luk.2:32 Rom.2:5 8:19 16:25, 1Co.1:7 14:6 14:26, 2Co.12:1 12:7, Gal.1:12 2:2, Eph.1:17 3:3 2Th.1:7 1Pe.1:7 1:13 4:13, Rev.1:1.† SYN.: ἐπιφάνεια, παρουσία, φανέρωσις (see Tr., Syn., xciv; Lft., Notes, 102, 178; Westc, Eph., 178 f.; M, Th., 145 ff.; Cremer, 343) (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “revelation” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
REVELA'TION, noun
[Latin revelatus, revelo. See Reveal.]
- The act of disclosing or discovering to others what was before unknown to them; appropriately, the disclosure or communication of truth to men by God himself, or by his authorized agents, the prophets and apostles.“How that by revelation he made known to me the mystery, as I wrote before in few words” Ephesians 3:3
- That which is revealed; appropriately, the sacred truths which God has communicated to man for his instruction and direction.
- The Apocalypse; the last book of the sacred canon, containing the prophecies of St.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.