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Revelation 3

Rev. 3:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Because
hoti (Greek #3754)
demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because
KJV usage: as concerning that, as though, because (that), for (that), how (that), (in) that, though, why.
Pronounce: hot'-ee
Origin: neuter of 3748 as conjunction
thou sayest
lego (Greek #3004)
properly, to "lay" forth, i.e. (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas 2036 and 5346 generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; while 4483 is properly to break silence merely, and 2980 means an extended or random harangue)); by implication, to mean
KJV usage: ask, bid, boast, call, describe, give out, name, put forth, say(-ing, on), shew, speak, tell, utter.
Pronounce: leg'-o
Origin: a primary verb
, Ix am
eimi (Greek #1510)
a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist (used only when emphatic)
KJV usage: am, have been, X it is I, was. See also 1488, 1498, 1511, 1527, 2258, 2071, 2070, 2075, 2076, 2771, 2468, 5600.
Pronounce: i-mee'
Origin: the first person singular present indicative
rich
plousios (Greek #4145)
wealthy; figuratively, abounding with
KJV usage: rich.
Pronounce: ploo'-see-os
Origin: from 4149
, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
increased with goods
plouteo (Greek #4147)
to be (or become) wealthy (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: be increased with goods, (be made, wax) rich.
Pronounce: ploo-teh'-o
Origin: from 4148
, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
have
echo (Greek #2192)
(used in certain tenses only) a primary verb; to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or condition)
KJV usage: be (able, X hold, possessed with), accompany, + begin to amend, can(+ -not), X conceive, count, diseased, do + eat, + enjoy, + fear, following, have, hold, keep, + lack, + go to law, lie, + must needs, + of necessity, + need, next, + recover, + reign, + rest, + return, X sick, take for, + tremble, + uncircumcised, use.
Pronounce: ekh'-o
Origin: σχέω (skheh'-o)
need
chreia (Greek #5532)
employment, i.e. an affair; also (by implication) occasion, demand, requirement or destitution
KJV usage: business, lack, necessary(-ity), need(-ful), use, want.
Pronounce: khri'-ah
Origin: from the base of 5530 or 5534
of nothing
oudeis (Greek #3762)
not even one (man, woman or thing), i.e. none, nobody, nothing
KJV usage: any (man), aught, man, neither any (thing), never (man), no (man), none (+ of these things), not (any, at all, -thing), nought.
Pronounce: oo-dice'
Origin: οὐδεμία (oo-dem-ee'-ah), and neuter οὐδέν (oo-den') from 3761 and 1520
; and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
knowest
eido (Greek #1492)
used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent 3700 and 3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by implication, (in the perfect tense only) to know
KJV usage: be aware, behold, X can (+ not tell), consider, (have) know(-ledge), look (on), perceive, see, be sure, tell, understand, wish, wot. Compare 3700.
Pronounce: i'-do
Origin: a primary verb
not
ou (Greek #3756)
the absolute negative (compare 3361) adverb; no or not
KJV usage: + long, nay, neither, never, no (X man), none, (can-)not, + nothing, + special, un(-worthy), when, + without, + yet but. See also 3364, 3372.
Pronounce: oo
Origin: οὐκ (ook), and (before an aspirate) οὐχ (ookh) a primary word
that
hoti (Greek #3754)
demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because
KJV usage: as concerning that, as though, because (that), for (that), how (that), (in) that, though, why.
Pronounce: hot'-ee
Origin: neuter of 3748 as conjunction
thou
su (Greek #4771)
thou
KJV usage: thou. See also 4571, 4671, 4675; and for the plural 5209, 5210, 5213, 5216.
Pronounce: soo
Origin: the person pronoun of the second person singular
art
ei (Greek #1488)
thou art
KJV usage: art, be.
Pronounce: i
Origin: second person singular present of 1510
wretched
talaiporos (Greek #5005)
enduring trial, i.e. miserable
KJV usage: wretched.
Pronounce: tal-ah'-ee-po-ros
Origin: from the base of 5007 and a derivative of the base of 3984
, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
miserable
eleeinos (Greek #1652)
pitiable
KJV usage: miserable.
Pronounce: el-eh-i-nos'
Origin: from 1656
, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
poor
ptochos (Greek #4434)
akin to 4422 and the alternate of 4098); a beggar (as cringing), i.e. pauper (strictly denoting absolute or public mendicancy, although also used in a qualified or relative sense; whereas 3993 properly means only straitened circumstances in private), literally (often as noun) or figuratively (distressed)
KJV usage: beggar(-ly), poor.
Pronounce: pto-khos'
Origin: from πτώσσω (to crouch)
, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
blind
tuphlos (Greek #5185)
opaque (as if smoky), i.e. (by analogy) blind (physically or mentally)
KJV usage: blind.
Pronounce: toof-los'
Origin: from, 5187
, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
naked
gumnos (Greek #1131)
nude (absolute or relative, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: naked.
Pronounce: goom-nos'
Origin: of uncertain affinity
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hoti (Greek #3754)
demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because
KJV usage: as concerning that, as though, because (that), for (that), how (that), (in) that, though, why.
Pronounce: hot'-ee
Origin: neuter of 3748 as conjunction
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
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Hos. 12:8•  (Hos. 12:8)

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Ministry on This Verse

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I am.
Rev. 2:9• 9I know [thy works and] thy tribulation and poverty (but thou art rich), and the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews and are not, but a synagogue of Satan. (Rev. 2:9)
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Prov. 13:7•  (Prov. 13:7)
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Hos. 12:8•  (Hos. 12:8)
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Zech. 11:5•  (Zech. 11:5)
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Luke 1:53• 53He hath filled the hungry with good things; and sent the rich empty away. (Luke 1:53)
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Luke 6:24• 24But woe unto you rich! for ye have received your consolation. (Luke 6:24)
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Luke 18:11‑12• 11The Pharisee, standing, prayed thus to himself: God, I thank thee that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax-gatherer.
 12I fast twice in the week, I tithe everything that I acquire. (Luke 18:11‑12)
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Rom. 11:20,25• 20Right: through unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest through faith. Be not highminded, but fear;
 25For I do not wish you, brethren, to be ignorant of this mystery, that ye be not wise in your own eyes, that hardness hath happened in part to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles come in; (Rom. 11:20,25)
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Rom. 12:3• 3For through the grace of God that is given to me, I say to everyone that is among you not to be high-minded above what he ought to be minded, but to be minded to sober-mindedness as God to each hath dealt a measure of faith. (Rom. 12:3)
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1 Cor. 4:8‑10• 8Already ye are filled, already ye have been enriched, apart from us ye reigned; and I would that ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.
 9For, I think, b God set us the apostles last as devoted to death, because we became a spectacle to the world, to both angels and men:
 10we, fools for Christ, but ye prudent in Christ; we weak, but ye strong; ye illustrious, but we disgraced. (1 Cor. 4:8‑10)
have need.
Deut. 8:12‑14•  (Deut. 8:12‑14)
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Prov. 30:9•  (Prov. 30:9)
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Jer. 2:31•  (Jer. 2:31)
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Matt. 9:12• 12{i}But [Jesus] hearing it, said, They that are strong have not need of a physician, but those that are ill.{/i} (Matt. 9:12)
knowest.
Rom. 2:17‑23• 17But if thou art named a Jew, and restest on law, and boastest in God,
 18and knowest the will, and provest the things that differ, being instructed out of the law,
 19and hast confidence that thou thyself art a guide of blind, a light of those in darkness,
 20an instructor of foolish, a teacher of babes, having the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law:
 21thou then that teachest another, dost thou not teach thyself? thou that preachest not to steal, dost thou steal?
 22thou that sayest not to commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?
 23Thou who boastest in law, through the transgression of the law dost thou dishonour God? (Rom. 2:17‑23)
wretched.
Matt. 5:3• 3Blessed the poor in spirit; for theirs is the kingdom of the heavens. (Matt. 5:3)
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Rom. 7:24• 24Wretched man that I [am]! who shall deliver me out of this body of death? (Rom. 7:24)
blind.
Isa. 42:19•  (Isa. 42:19)
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John 9:40‑41• 40And some of the Pharisees that were with him heard these things , and said to him, Are we blind also?
 41Jesus said to them, If ye were blind, ye would not have sin; but now ye say, We see, your sin remaineth. (John 9:40‑41)
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2 Peter 1:9• 9for he with whom they are not present is blind, shortsighted, having forgotten the cleansing of his old sins. (2 Peter 1:9)
naked.
Rev. 16:15• 15(Behold, I come as a thief: blessed {i}is{/i} he that watcheth, and keepeth his raiment, that he walk not naked, and they see {i}not{/i} his shame.) (Rev. 16:15)
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Gen. 3:7,10‑11•  (Gen. 3:7,10‑11)
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Ex. 32:35•  (Ex. 32:35)
• Here is a plain proof that they had heard a great deal about the truth. They thought themselves rich. (“Lectures on Revelation: 3:14-22: Laodicea” by W. Kelly)
• Absence of discernment follows. "And knowest not that thou art the wretched, and the miserable, and poor, and blind" (ver. 17). This was because they had rejected the testimony of God. His testimony always produces the sense of being nothing but it never weakens confidence in Him. (“Lectures on Revelation: 3:14-22: Laodicea” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Because thou sayest, I am rich, and am grown rich, and have need of nothing, and knowest not that *thou* art the wretched and the miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked;

W. Kelly Translation

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Because thou sayest, I am rich and am become rich and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art the wretched and the pitiablea and poor and blind and naked;

WK Translation Notes

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There is good authority for repeating the article before "pitiable," which certainly gives marked emphasis; but the chief MSS. omit it making the construction regular, as in the RV. There is no doubt the KJV erroneously omits the article before "wretched.