Revelation 2:8

Greek:  kai to aggelo tes ekklesias smurnaion graphon tade legei o protos kai o eskatos os egeneto nekros kai ezesen

Greek Strong's numbers:

2532-kai:  and, also, even, so then too, both, indeed, moreover, therefore

3588-to:  the, which, who, the things, the Son, this, that, one, he

32-aggelos:  to bring, drive, move, induce, bring forth, carry, lead along, cause to enter, bring message, to proclaim, bring tidings and news, messenger sent by God, guardian, representative, belonging to Heaven engaged in God's service, chosen to carry His Word to declare and make known His Thoughts and Will, promoter, benefactor, paragon of virtue, shining forth, epitome, embodiment, personification, quintessence, apotheosis, acme, jewel, treasure, example, nonpareil, exemplar, consummate, inimitable, from God, sent from God, appointed by God, best person for the job, top, head, chief, central, main, principal, prince, emissary, ambassador, delegate, deputy, plenipotentiary, diplomat, minister, dignitary, high commissioner, envoy, legate, champion, advocate, leader, consul, one in charge, surrogate, liaison, spokesperson, agent, intermediary, mediator, go between, substitute, replacement, proxy, stand in, relief, understudy, reserve, fill in, back up, provision, caretaker, protector, defender, preserver, custodian, keeper, conservator, curator, steward, trustee, superintendent, attendant

3588-to:  the, which, who, the things, the Son, this, that, one, he

1577-ekklesia:  denoting origin or point whence motion or action proceeds from out of place, time, or cause whether direct or remote, of, by, after, with, among, beyond, by the means of, exceedingly, abundantly above, for, because, by reason of, since, thenceforth, often of completion, to call, name, bid, summon, invite, call by name, bear a name, vocation, destination, surname, to cry out after, long for, desire, order, arrange, command, ordain, appoint, give authoritative order, direct, conduct, have authority over, be in charge of, have dominion, to control and restrain, secure, obeyed, instruct, call on, require, leader of, head of, supervise, oversee, receive, gain, keep, injunction, decree, stipulate, request, guidance, leadership, rule, governance, jurisdiction, knowledge, mastery, grasp, understand, cry out, shout, hail, send for, assemble, muster, convene, designate, denominate, regard, consider, choose, select, prefer, favor, enlist, calling to meet, commune, communicate, called out for a special purpose, knit together by the closest bond, gathered, dependent, interdependent, present

4668-smurnaios:  myrrh, bitter, gum resin from a shrub that grows in Africa with a smooth, pea size fruit, pale reddish yellow to reddish brown or red, astringent, antiseptic, stimulant, used as perfume, ingredient of anointing oil for priests, used for purification and embalming, one of the gifts of the magi, embitter, narcotic, to deaden pain, gall, site of modern Izmir in Turkey, city in northwestern Georgia, northwest of Atlanta, situated on the Aegean Sea about 40 miles from Ephesus, the modern town is located about 2 1/2 miles from the ancient city, encompassing both slopes of Mount Pagus and the low ground at its foot, perfume which exudes spontaneously and is procured by incisions made on a small thorny tree growing in Arabia and Ethiopia, the droplets soon harden into bitter aromatic gum which was highly prized by the ancients for use in incense and perfumes, it is still used medicinally and in perfumes today

1125-grapho:  to grave, write, describe, writing, engrave, carve, pierce, penetrate, stamped, sealed, exact copy or representation, express image in likeness, similitude and resemblance, cut into, to engross, impress, bearing image produced corresponding with the instrument that produced it, distinct, sharpened, stake, owned, claim, badge of service, etched, marked, branded, taught, instructed, inculcate, show forth, point out, to cut or carve a text or design on the surface of a hard object, print, be permanently fixed, in, on, inscribe, incise, chisel, score, notch, imprint, set, embed, identify, characterize, distinguish, classify, set apart, devoted, consecrated, ordained, appointed, chosen, selected, called, named, preferred, favored, singled out, sign, indication, sure sign, quality, sort, status, nature, category, recognize, acknowledge, known, put a name on, know well, remember, determine, established, ascertain, verify, confirm, affirm, associate, link, connected, coupled, mention, side by side, belonging to someone, possessed and occupied, in tune with, have rapport with, feel at one with, be on the same wavelength as, speak the same language as, understand and relate to, of union, make distinctive, present, label, proprietary name, earmark, burn, sear, instill, lasting effect and influence, able to trace out and conform to, character, insignia, emblem, symbol, logo, monogram, hallmark, watermark, token, evidence, proof, effect, impact, feature, attribute, trait, calling card, property, indicator, grade, rate, score, target, end, flag, highlight, show forth, designate, delineate, note, specify, recognize, keep, appraised, assessed, pay attention to, bear in mind, consider, succeed, prosper, make good, covenant, heirship, set aside to keep, reserve, assign, allocate, devote, pledge, official mark, stamp of authenticity, distinctive feature and characteristic, sure sign, identification, marker, visible when held against the light and typically identifies the maker

3592-tode:  the same, this one, that one, these, those, thus, after this manner, in this way, such, who, but now, and now, also then, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for even

3004-lego:  to lay forth, relate in words, set discourse, break silence, say, speak, call, tell, ask, bid, describe, name, put forth, shew, utter, expression of thought and will, communicate, to commune, bringing together of words, inquiry, desire, require, crave, call for, cry after, long for, seek after, asking, request, cry out, investigate, examine, determine, judge, ask and search out, discern, learn, distinguish, search out thoroughly, ascertain, enquire, make known, rehearse, declare, proclaim, unfold in teaching, reveal, bring light, enlighten, teach, shew forth, point out forth, instruct, direct, rain, water, pour out forth, ask after, answer, beseech, pray, intreat, to receive the spoken word requires an open heart, portal, understand, inflamed, fire, to glow with heat, burn, mark, own, ignite, refine, feverish with heat, the Presence of God that is the consuming fire brightening and transforming us to ascend up into His reception

3588-to:  the, which, who, the things, the Son, this, that, one, he

4413-protos:  foremost in time, place, order or importance, chief, beginning, best, of superiority, of rank and dignity, one standing first in rank, captain, champion, leader, one who stands in the front ranks, head, central, principal, ruler, priority, precedence, above all, to lead forward magisterially, precede in place or time, bring forth and lead out, premier, prime, top, greatest, supreme, preeminent, outstanding, most important, most prominent, most notable, number one, master, commander, lord, potentate, governor, president, king, director, proprietor, owner, employer, highest, primary, key, cardinal, crucial, paramount

2532-kai:  and, also, even, so then too, both, indeed, moreover, therefore

3588-to:  the, which, who, the things, the Son, this, that, one, he

2078-eskatos:  in a sense of contiguity, farthest, final in place and time, uttermost, terminating, end, last one, to hold, direct or remote such as possession, ability, relation or condition to have, necessary, accompany, keep, reign, one who has the means and power to accomplish and bring to the end successfully, of continuance, everlasting, eternal, perpetual, without end, unceasing, enduring, faithful, state of bordering or being in direct contact with something, proximity causing their association and connection, touching

3739-os:  like, resemblance, similar, as and in this manner, follows, after, like unto, in the same way, in like manner, even so, likewise, as like, same, same degree, appropriate to, characteristic, nature, such as, example, reference to a person of thing of the same kind, another, having similar qualities, faithful resemblance to the original, likeness, conjunction, agreeable, enjoyable, satisfied, fulfilled, desire, long after, choose, prefer, favor, regard, care for, pleased, representation, small part or quantity intended to show what the whole is like, specimen, portion, study, analogous, record or extract for reuse as a part of something

1096-ginomai:  to cause to be, generate, be, is, exist, come to pass, be made, be done, become, fulfilled, come, arise, have, be married to, settled, be preferred, to choose, desire, will, join, to complete, to perfect, bring about, to assemble, continue, be finished, to end, follow, abide, stay, remain, to found, to begin, to grow, to keep, ordain, appoint, to partake, to perform, publish, require, to show forth, be taken, to use, to make and wrought, to come into existence, to take place, reason and cause, to ascend, enter, grow up, spring up, rise up, to wish, to arrange, set forth, order, bring together, to give and take, to behave and walk, to live, conduct, have converstation, to return, come and go, cause to stand and be, cause to rise up, return and lean against, to lift up, awake, raise up again, to stand upright, to stand up, rising to a position of preeminence or power, spiritual awakening, to know, understand and perceive, be aware, have knowledge, recognize and acknowledge, to sure and resolved, understand completely, realize definitively, complete and absolute understanding on God's part, to value the importance of relationship of the knower and the object known thus establishment of relationship, approval, to be known, appreciation, connection, union, experience with, familiar, acquainted, close association, to teach, instruct, direct, to learn, to show forth, rain, water, pierce, penetrate, hold and keep, protect and nourish, communicating things before unknown, to come to know intimately, reaffirm and remind of what is known, complete comprehension, exact viewing and understanding in participation and proximity of relationship with another, resemblance, similitude, likeness, one mind, knowable, to shine forth, bring light, enlighten, to give light, genuine, sincere, legitimate, true, lawfully begotten, natural, real, honorable, consent, agreement, determine, purpose, result of knowledge, made known, to bear through, to carry, to establish, perform, grant, deliver, save, bestow, commit, minister, offer, have power, set, yield, to wake fully, arouse, make to stand up, double, duplicate, twin, to free, liberate, redeem, ransom, to make right, to make to endure, to rouse from (sleep, sitting, lying, disease, death, obscurity, inactivity, ruin, nonexistence, etc.), rise again, rear up, take up, purchased, owned, belonging to someone, ruled and governed, causing to appear and come about, raise up so as to occupy a space or standing in the midst of the people, stirring, building, repairing, resurrect, near and ready at hand, present, valued, dear, cherished, meet, effectual, powerful, to bless, devoted, faithful, consecrated, dedicated, strong, called, named, selected, bid, ask, cry after, need, must need, strengthen, make strong, empower, obey, imitate, follow out to the end, germinate, to start up out, to beget, produce, mature, ripen, bring forth fruit and result, to proceed, permit, enquire, search for, accompany, follow close after with, to hearken with favor, to listen, to hear with favor, to attend and care for, to exalt, praise and worship, competency and mastery, jurisdiction, right, authority and power, influence, lawful, prominence, principal, eminence, excellence, subject to rule, to stamp and preserve with a signet or private mark, permanence, fixed, certain, sacred, covenant, ownership and security, intimates special interest, authentication, fencing, protection from misappropriation, impress of genuineness, emblem of ownership and security, attestation of covenant, indicating ratification of the determining counsel of God, to save and make whole, to heal and restore, sound whole, peaceful, quiet, together with, joint, hold together, occupy, possess, constrain, restrain, refine, hold fast, secure, keep safe, meet and reach destination and complete according to intention, consummate in integrity and virtue, mature, full grown, lacking nor wanting nothing necessary to completeness, goodness, having fully reached its end and purpose, restored and attained moral end, perfection, accomplishement of the end, finished and fulfilled, fully satisfied, verification, absolution, bear to completion, to ripen, conclude and discharge, fully paid for, carry out a thing to the full, conclusion of an act or state, termination, result, uttermost, finally, manifest, fully made known and revealed

3498-nekros:  death, unsaved, dead, inactive, barren, lifeless, desolate, powerless, motionless, decease, demise, impotent, corpse, demise, end, loss of life, expire, finish, collapse, destruction, extinction, termination, extinguished, eradication, killed, eliminated, destroyed, perish, stiff, passed on and away, departed, gone, no more, lost, slain, slaughtered, extinct, nonexistent, sterile, obsolete, defunct, disused, abandoned, discarded, vanished, forgotten, not working, out of order, inoperative, disrepair, broken, defective, crippled, unproductive, unfruitful, arid, desert, childless, worthless, profitless, futile, pointless, valueless, unrewarding, purposeless, useless, vain, aimless, hollow, empty, vacuous, vapid, uninspired, insipid, colorless, uninteresting, feeble, flat, dull, boring, tedious, tired, worn, naked, unable to have children, bleak, showing no results or achievements, unproductive, empty of meaning or value, devoid, lack, destitute, cast out, thrown away, buried, bankrupt, without, wanting, deprived of, bereft, vacant, blind, not valid, ineffectual, completely empty, not present, not suitable, loss, deaf, mute, annul, negative, null, vacuum, nothingness, blankness, cavity, chasm, abyss, gap, gulf, pit, acuity, cancel, unfilled, unoccupied, uninhabited, nonviable, nugatory, unimportant, meaningless, insignificant, inconsequential, of no real value or use, no good qualities, deserving contempt, poor quality, inferior, cheap, unavailing, inadequate, deficient, senseless, insubstantial, lame, pathetic, non-account, good for nothing, despicable, low, base, ignominious, corrupt, villainous, degenerate, debased, degraded, impure, vitiated, dissolute, dissipated, debauched, reprobate, profligate, sinful, ungodly, immoral, unprincipled, amoral, dishonorable, disreputable, unsavory, sordid, ignoble, depraved, deteriorate, decline, worse, regress, ruin, waste, weaken, squandered, misuse, fritter away, throw away, wilt, fade, languish, emaciate, atrophy, wither, debilitate, shrivel, shrink, enfeeble, unwanted, left, scrap, unusable, unprofitable, uncultivated, unpopulated, unable to sustain life, wild, abuse, refuse, trash, rubbish, litter, debris, garbage, junk, dross, dregs, sewage, effluent, wilderness, emptiness, disintegration, decay, dilapidation, demolition, wreck, break down, remains, rubble, wreckage, defeat, failure, poverty, impoverishment, indigence, spoil, mar, blight, shatter, dash, sabotage, foul, flatten, ravage, wipe out, falling to pieces, derelict, decrepit, over, run down, falling apart, rickety, creaky, irresponsible, delinquent, outcast, criminal, lawless, errant, bad, difficult, unruly, disobedient, uncontrollable, offender, malefactor, ungovernable, disruptive, anarchic, disorderly, rebellious, insubordinate, undisciplined, unmanageable, uncooperative, out of control, obstreperous, truculent, turbulent, restless, noisy, loud, unrestrained, vociferous, defiant, resistance, oppose, noncompliance, dissent, recalcitrant, subversion, disregard, scornful, insolence, obstinate uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline, aggressively defiant, eager and quick to argue and fight, violent, rough, cruel, vicious, intemperate, unbridled, inordinate

2532-kai:  and, also, even, so then too, both, indeed, moreover, therefore

2198-zao:   to live, be alive, quick, lively, lifetime, dwell, remain, abide, stay, access, manifestation of divine power in support of divine authority, bread, water, stones, sacrifice, maintenance of life, recover, restore, deliver, reconciliation from alienation, saved, regenerate, resurrect, warm, glow, earnest, zealous, fervent, honorable emulation and consequent imitation, diligent, sincere, devoted, committed, given self wholly to, occupied, ruled, possessed, renewed, found, revive, live again, merry, manifest activity again, re-enkindle, stir, kindle afresh, keep in full flame, flourish anew, blossom, reverse, attentive, alert, overturn, return, have conversation, honest, turning back, give and take, back and forth, going and coming, stand up again, raised, rear, find strength, firmness, steadfast, return to lean against and rely on, existence, living, pertaining to life, way, conduct, succeed, confirm, affirm constantly, assurance, confident, ownership, power and authority, engender alive, saved from death, preserve, cherish, endear, connection, dominion, order, supremacy, sustenance, make alive, vitalize, give life, cause to live, God as the Bestower, creation of life, power of reproduction, impartation of spiritual life, communication of spiritual sustenance, enable to respond immediately, indwelt, to breathe, sentient principle, mind, soul, heart, moral being

Interpretation based on the study:  Indeed by My Word, bringing My Message and Good News, calling and inviting by name to gather you in the closest bond with Me.  Communicating with you who live in Smurna, known for your pharmaceuticals and perfumes, to Penetrate, Instruct and Seal you in My Ownership.  Keeping and Guarding you in My Word and Light, saying, "The Best And Everlasting desires and chooses to satisfy and join you who are lifeless and barren, to kindle and keep you alive in full flame.  The Master Eternal ordained to join the abandoned, feeble and worn, to support, restore and sustain you in My Devotion, to Save And Cherish you alive in My preservation."

Definitions derived from:  The New Strong's Expanded Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, red letter edition, Hebrew & Greek Dictionary, 2010 edition.  CWP Teacher edition Interlinear Bible.  

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