Word Studies¶
Question¶
How do the seven heads/mountains/kings of the beast (Rev 17:9-11) function as a structural and symbolic element? What does the 'five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come' formula (17:10) reveal about the beast's temporal structure? How do the seven beatitudes (makarios — Rev 1:3, 14:13, 16:15, 19:9, 20:6, 22:7, 22:14) create a structural spine distributed through the entire book? Do the beatitudes form a chiastic or progressive pattern? Document each beatitude's position in the book's narrative and its thematic content.
G3107 — makarios¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G3107-makarios.md
Occurrences: 50
Adjective meaning 'blessed, fortunate, well-off, happy.' Occurs 49 unique verses (50 tokens) across 11 NT books. Concentrated in Synoptic Gospels (27 occurrences, 55%) and Revelation (7 occurrences, 14%). Overwhelmingly nominative case (predicate adjective in beatitude formula). The Revelation occurrences form a distinct literary pattern — exactly 7 makarios beatitudes distributed across the book.
Semantic categories: divine declaration of blessedness, wisdom-saying happiness, eschatological blessing
Key verses: Rev 1:3, Rev 14:13, Rev 16:15, Rev 19:9, Rev 20:6, Rev 22:7, Rev 22:14
Relevance: The core term defining the seven beatitudes. Its 7 occurrences in Revelation mirror the heptadic structures (7 churches, seals, trumpets, bowls). The distributional pattern across the book is the primary evidence for the beatitude structural spine.
G935 — basileus¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G935-basileus.md
Occurrences: 118
Masculine noun meaning 'king, sovereign.' 118 occurrences across 10 books. Revelation has the highest density (23 occurrences, 5.7 per 100 verses). Semantic categories: human monarchs, Jesus as messianic King, God/Christ as supreme sovereign, believers as kings (royal status), eschatological/symbolic kings. In Revelation, basileus spans the entire range from 'kings of the earth' to 'King of kings' to believers made 'kings and priests.'
Semantic categories: human monarchs, messianic King, divine sovereignty, believers as kings, eschatological kings
Key verses: Rev 17:10, Rev 17:12, Rev 17:14, Rev 1:6, Rev 5:10, Rev 19:16
Relevance: The word used for the 'seven kings' of Rev 17:10. The same vocabulary thread runs through the kings-and-priests formula (1:6, 5:10, 20:4-6, 22:5), creating a connection between the beast's kings and the saints' royal identity. Daniel's king/kingdom interchangeability (Dan 7:17,23) governs the interpretation.
G3735 — oros¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G3735-óros.md
Occurrences: 65
Noun meaning 'mountain, hill.' 65 occurrences across 10 books. Semantic categories: place of divine revelation (Sinai, transfiguration, Zion), place of prayer/withdrawal, place of teaching/authority, apocalyptic/eschatological contexts (mountains moved, Babylon as burning mountain in Rev 8:8). Revelation has 8 occurrences including the seven mountains of Rev 17:9.
Semantic categories: divine revelation site, prayer and withdrawal, teaching authority, apocalyptic symbolism, kingdom/power symbol
Key verses: Rev 17:9, Rev 14:1, Rev 21:10
Relevance: The word used for the 'seven mountains' of Rev 17:9. OT background (Jer 51:25, Dan 2:35, Mic 4:1, Ezek 35:2-5) shows 'mountain' consistently symbolizes kingdom/political power. Whether Rev 17:9 means literal Roman hills or symbolic kingdoms depends on this OT usage pattern.
G2776 — kephale¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G2776-kephale.md
Occurrences: 76
Feminine noun meaning 'head.' 76 tokens in 68 unique verses across 11 books. Revelation has the highest density (16 occurrences, 4.0 per 100 verses), driven by symbolic heads on beasts. Semantic categories: literal body part, anointed/adorned head, symbolic authority/sovereignty (Pauline), cornerstone metaphor, apocalyptic beast heads. In Revelation, kephale appears on the dragon (12:3), sea beast (13:1), scarlet beast (17:3,7,9), and on the glorified Christ figure (1:14, 14:14).
Semantic categories: literal body part, authority/sovereignty, beast-heads (symbolic), cornerstone metaphor
Key verses: Rev 12:3, Rev 13:1, Rev 13:3, Rev 17:3, Rev 17:7, Rev 17:9
Relevance: The core structural element — seven 'heads' appear on three entities (dragon, sea beast, scarlet beast). The heads carry crowns (12:3), names of blasphemy (13:1), and receive interpretive identification as mountains and kings (17:9-10).
G4098 — pipto¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G4098-pipto.md
Occurrences: 93
Verb meaning 'to fall.' 85 unique verses (93 tokens) across 10 books. Overwhelmingly aorist forms (80%), marking pipto as a punctiliar action verb. Semantic domains: physical fall, prostration/worship, death/destruction, loss of status, cosmic collapse. In Revelation: stars fall, Babylon falls (14:8, 18:2 — doubled epesan echoing Isa 21:9), five kings 'fell' (17:10 — epesan, aorist).
Semantic categories: physical fall, prostration/worship, death/destruction, loss of status, prophetic judgment
Key verses: Rev 17:10, Rev 14:8, Rev 18:2
Relevance: The verb used in Rev 17:10 for the five kings who 'fell' (epesan, aorist). The same verb's doubled form (epesan epesan) announces Babylon's fall in 14:8 and 18:2, echoing Isa 21:9 (Hebrew naphal). The fall-vocabulary chain connects the temporal formula to Babylon's judgment.
G5083 — tereo¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G5083-tereo.md
Occurrences: 75
Verb meaning 'to keep, guard, observe.' 75 occurrences. Distinguished from phylasso (G5442, prevent escaping) and koustōdia (G2892, military guard). Tereo implies watchful care — keeping the eye upon something. In Revelation: keeping prophecy's words (1:3, 22:7), keeping garments (16:15), keeping commandments. Central beatitude verb shared across beatitudes 1, 3, and 6.
Semantic categories: obedient keeping, guarding/watching, reserving/withholding, fulfilling prophecy
Key verses: Rev 1:3, Rev 16:15, Rev 22:7
Relevance: The key verb linking beatitudes 1 (1:3, keeping prophecy), 3 (16:15, keeping garments), and 6 (22:7, keeping sayings of prophecy). Creates the prophecy-keeping inclusio (1:3 ↔ 22:7) and connects to the garment-keeping beatitude (16:15).
G2033 — hepta¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G2033-heptá.md
Occurrences: 87
Indeclinable numeral meaning 'seven.' 87 occurrences across 6 books. Revelation has 54 occurrences (55.1 per 100 verses) — dominating all other books combined. Functions as Revelation's organizing principle: seven churches, spirits, seals, trumpets, bowls, thunders, heads, horns, eyes, plagues, kings, mountains, beatitudes. Seven represents divine completeness rooted in the creation week.
Semantic categories: divine completeness, apocalyptic structuring, narrative patterns
Key verses: Rev 1:4, Rev 5:6, Rev 8:2, Rev 12:3, Rev 17:9
Relevance: The number governing both heptadic structures studied here — seven heads and seven beatitudes. Its consistent symbolic function throughout Revelation (53+ occurrences) supports reading the seven heads as symbolic completeness rather than a strict historical count.
G4394 — propheteia¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G4394-propheteia.md
Occurrences: 19
Feminine noun meaning 'prophecy, prophesying.' 19 unique verses across 7 books. Revelation has 7 occurrences (1.7 per 100 verses). Used for both the act of prophesying and the content of prophetic message.
Semantic categories: prophetic utterance, prophetic gift, written prophecy
Key verses: Rev 1:3, Rev 22:7, Rev 22:10, Rev 22:18, Rev 22:19
Relevance: Shared between beatitudes 1 and 6, creating the prophecy-keeping inclusio. 'The words of this prophecy' (1:3) and 'the sayings of the prophecy of this book' (22:7) bracket the body of Revelation.
G1537 — ek¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G1537-ek.md
Occurrences: 901
Primary preposition meaning 'out of, from, by.' 901 occurrences — very common. Marks origin, source, or cause. With genitive case, indicates separation or derivation from within. In Rev 17:11, ek ton hepta ('of the seven') uses masculine genitive plural.
Semantic categories: source/origin, partitive (one of), material composition, causal
Key verses: Rev 17:11
Relevance: The preposition in ek ton hepta (Rev 17:11). Gentry argues this is a genitive of relationship ('springing from') rather than partitive ('one among'). The masculine genitive ton (agreeing with basileis) confirms the eighth derives from the king-sequence.
G2342 — therion¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G2342-therion.md
Occurrences: 46
Neuter noun meaning 'wild beast.' 46 occurrences; 38 in Revelation (84%). Distinguished from zoon (G2226, living creature) — therion is dangerous/wild, zoon is any animate being. In Revelation, therion refers exclusively to the sea beast (ch. 13) and the scarlet beast (ch. 17), never to the four living creatures (zoa).
Semantic categories: literal wild animal, apocalyptic beast entity, generic animal class
Key verses: Rev 13:1, Rev 13:3, Rev 17:3, Rev 17:8, Rev 17:11
Relevance: The entity bearing the seven heads. The distinction from zoon (living creatures around the throne) is crucial — the beast is not merely an animal but a hostile, dangerous power. The word's neuter gender contrasts with the masculine pronoun autos in 17:11, showing the shift from entity (it) to personified king (he).
G1125 — grapho¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G1125-grapho.md
Occurrences: 216
Primary verb meaning 'to write.' 197 unique verses (216 tokens) across 26 books. The perfect passive gegrammai ('it is written') accounts for ~52% of uses. The aorist imperative grapson ('Write!') appears 14 times. In Revelation, the Grapson imperative introduces exactly two beatitudes: #2 (14:13) and #4 (19:9).
Semantic categories: scriptural authority formula, divine command to record, prophetic documentation
Key verses: Rev 14:13, Rev 19:9, Rev 1:11, Rev 2:1
Relevance: The Grapson imperative is the marker creating the 2-4 beatitude pair. Only beatitudes 2 and 4 are introduced with 'Write!' — distinguishing them from the Idou erchomai pair (3, 6) and the inclusio pair (1, 6).
G2064 — erchomai¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G2064-erchomai.md
Occurrences: 664
Verb meaning 'to come, go.' 604 unique verses (664 tokens) across 24 books. Suppletive paradigm (present erchomai, aorist ēlthon, perfect elēlytha). In Revelation: Idou erchomai ('Behold, I come') is a formulaic divine declaration appearing at 16:15 and 22:7. Ho erchomenos ('the coming one') is part of the divine existence formula.
Semantic categories: physical movement, divine advent/arrival, eschatological coming, divine existence formula
Key verses: Rev 16:15, Rev 22:7, Rev 1:4, Rev 1:8, Rev 4:8, Rev 17:10
Relevance: The Idou erchomai formula creates the 3-6 beatitude pairing (16:15 and 22:7). Also part of the divine existence formula (ho erchomenos, 'the coming one') that the beast's temporal formula in 17:8 inverts. The verb appears in 17:10 (oupo ēlthen, the seventh king 'not yet come').
G3498 — nekros¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G3498-nekros.md
Occurrences: 132
Adjective meaning 'dead.' 132 occurrences. Semantic range: literal corpse, spiritually dead, powerless/inoperative. In Rev 14:13, 'the dead (nekroi) who die in the Lord' — beatitude 2. In Rev 20:5-6, 'the rest of the dead' contrasted with those in the first resurrection — beatitude 5 context.
Semantic categories: physical death/corpse, spiritual death, powerlessness, resurrection context
Key verses: Rev 14:13, Rev 20:5, Rev 20:12
Relevance: Links beatitude 2 (14:13, the dead who die in the Lord) with beatitude 5 (20:6, the first resurrection). The death/resurrection vocabulary creates the 2-5 thematic pairing in the six-plus-one chiastic model.
G386 — anastasis¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G386-anastasis.md
Occurrences: 42
Feminine noun meaning 'resurrection.' 42 occurrences across 12 books. Acts has the highest count (12). Primary usage: physical bodily resurrection. In Revelation: appears only in Rev 20:5-6, referring to the 'first resurrection' — the context for beatitude 5.
Semantic categories: physical resurrection, disputed doctrine, apostolic proclamation, Christ's resurrection
Key verses: Rev 20:5, Rev 20:6
Relevance: The word in beatitude 5 — 'the first resurrection' (tē anastasei tē prōtē). Links with nekros (death) in the 2-5 thematic pair: beatitude 2 addresses those who die in the Lord, beatitude 5 addresses those who rise in the first resurrection.
G2288 — thanatos¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G2288-thanatos.md
Occurrences: 119
Masculine noun meaning 'death.' 106 unique verses (119 tokens) across 15 books. Revelation has 15 occurrences (3.7 per 100 verses). Used for physical death, spiritual death, and the personified 'second death' (ho deuteros thanatos) in Revelation.
Semantic categories: physical death, spiritual death, second death, personified Death
Key verses: Rev 20:6, Rev 20:14, Rev 21:8, Rev 13:3
Relevance: In beatitude 5, 'the second death has no power' over those in the first resurrection. In Rev 13:3, the beast's head is wounded 'to death' (eis thanaton). The death-resurrection vocabulary connects the beast's parody (wound-healing) with the genuine resurrection promised in beatitude 5.
G3056 — logos¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G3056-logos.md
Occurrences: 329
Masculine noun meaning 'word, saying, speech, matter.' 314 unique verses (329 tokens) across 24 books. Extremely broad semantic range across multiple Louw-Nida domains. In Revelation: 'the words (logous) of this prophecy' (1:3), 'the sayings (logous) of the prophecy of this book' (22:7) — shared vocabulary creating the beatitude inclusio.
Semantic categories: spoken word, written word/scripture, divine word/Christ, matter/reason
Key verses: Rev 1:3, Rev 22:7
Relevance: Shared between beatitudes 1 and 6 — 'the words (logous) of the prophecy.' Part of the four-lexeme inclusio: makarios + tereo + logous + propheteias.
H4428 — melek¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/H4428-melek.md
Occurrences: 2564
Hebrew masculine noun meaning 'king.' 1,919 unique verses (2,564 tokens) across 35 OT books. The most common term for rulers in the OT. Used interchangeably with kingdom (malkuth) in Daniel 7 — 'four kings' (7:17) equals 'fourth kingdom' (7:23).
Semantic categories: human monarchs, divine King, Messiah as King, king=kingdom equivalence
Key verses: Dan 7:17, Dan 7:24
Relevance: The Hebrew counterpart to G935 basileus. Daniel's usage of melek interchangeably with malkuth (kingdom) provides the OT foundation for reading Rev 17:10's 'seven kings' as seven kingdoms.
H2022 — har¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/H2022-har.md
Occurrences: 582
Hebrew masculine noun meaning 'mountain, hill.' 485 unique verses (582 tokens) across 35 books. Semantic categories: physical terrain, divine revelation site (Sinai, Zion), kingdom/political power symbol (Jer 51:25, Dan 2:35, Ezek 35:2-5), eschatological mountain (Mic 4:1). Symbolically used for kingdoms/empires in prophetic literature.
Semantic categories: physical terrain, divine revelation site, kingdom/power symbol, eschatological mountain
Key verses: Jer 51:25, Dan 2:35, Mic 4:1, Ezek 35:2
Relevance: The Hebrew counterpart to G3735 oros. OT prophetic texts consistently use har symbolically for kingdoms: Babylon is a 'destroying mountain' (Jer 51:25), the stone becomes a 'great mountain' (Dan 2:35 = kingdom), Mount Seir = Edom (Ezek 35). This OT pattern supports reading Rev 17:9's 'seven mountains' as kingdoms.
H5307 — naphal¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/H5307-naphal.md
Occurrences: 539
Hebrew verb meaning 'to fall.' 403 unique verses (539 tokens) across 33 books. Overwhelmingly Qal intransitive (367 tokens). Semantic range: physical fall, prostration/worship, battlefield death, judgment, lot-casting. The doubled 'naphal naphal' in Isa 21:9 ('Babylon is fallen, is fallen') is the source for Rev 14:8/18:2's 'epesan epesan.'
Semantic categories: physical fall, prostration, death/destruction, judgment, lot-casting
Key verses: Isa 21:9
Relevance: The Hebrew source verb for the Greek epesan (pipto) in Rev 17:10 ('five are fallen') and Rev 14:8/18:2 ('Babylon is fallen'). The intertextual chain naphal (Isa 21:9) → epesan (Rev 14:8, 18:2) → epesan (Rev 17:10) links the fall of individual kingdoms with the fall of the Babylon system.
G3641 — oligos¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G3641-oligos.md
Occurrences: 43
Adjective meaning 'little, few, small, short.' 43 occurrences. Used for small quantities, brief durations, minor degree. In Rev 17:10, oligon (neuter accusative, adverbial) — the seventh king must continue 'a short space.' Stefanovic argues oligon is qualitative not strictly quantitative.
Semantic categories: small quantity, brief duration, minor degree
Key verses: Rev 17:10, Rev 12:12, Rev 3:4
Relevance: In Rev 17:10, the seventh king continues oligon ('a short time/space'). This temporal marker affects identification schemes: if strictly quantitative, it limits the seventh to a brief reign; if qualitative (as Stefanovic argues, paralleling Rev 12:12's 'short time' for Satan), it need not be literally brief.
G1127 — gregoreo¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G1127-grēgoreúō.md
Occurrences: 24
Verb meaning 'to watch, be vigilant, keep awake.' 24 occurrences. From egeiro (G1453, to raise/wake). Both literal staying awake and figurative spiritual alertness. In Rev 16:15, the watchfulness verb in beatitude 3.
Semantic categories: literal wakefulness, spiritual vigilance, eschatological readiness
Key verses: Rev 16:15, Rev 3:2, Rev 3:3
Relevance: The distinctive verb of beatitude 3 — 'blessed is he that watcheth' (ho grēgorōn). Combined with tereo (keeping garments), it creates the vigilance-and-guarding theme unique to this beatitude.
G4150 — plyno¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G4150-plyno.md
Occurrences: 1
Verb meaning 'to wash (garments).' Only 1 NT occurrence: Rev 7:14 ('have washed their robes'). Distinguished from louo (bathe person) and nipto (wash body parts). The critical text of Rev 22:14 reads plynontes ('washing their robes') rather than the TR's poiountes ('doing his commandments').
Semantic categories: garment washing — literal, garment washing — theological (atonement)
Key verses: Rev 7:14, Rev 22:14
Relevance: In the critical text of Rev 22:14 (beatitude 7), plynontes tas stolas autōn ('washing their robes') replaces the TR's 'doing his commandments.' This connects beatitude 7 with Rev 7:14 and the garment theme of beatitude 3 (16:15, keeping garments). The textual variant affects whether the capstone beatitude emphasizes obedience or cleansing.
G2564 — kaleo¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G2564-kaléō.md
Occurrences: 154
Verb meaning 'to call, invite, name.' 154 occurrences. In Rev 19:9, the perfect passive participle keklēmenoi ('the ones having been called/invited'). Divine calling/invitation — the passive voice implies God as agent.
Semantic categories: naming, divine calling/invitation, summoning
Key verses: Rev 19:9
Relevance: The distinctive verb of beatitude 4 — 'blessed are they which are called (keklēmenoi) unto the marriage supper of the Lamb.' The perfect passive indicates a completed divine act with ongoing result — they have been and remain called.
H3882 — livyathan¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/H3882-livyâthân.md
Occurrences: 6
Masculine noun meaning 'Leviathan, a wreathed/twisted serpent.' 6 occurrences across Job (2), Psalms (2), Isaiah (2). A great sea-creature under God's sovereign power. In Ps 74:14, Leviathan has multiple 'heads' (roshē, plural) — the only OT explicit multi-headed creature. In Isa 27:1, called 'the piercing serpent, the crooked serpent,' equated with 'the dragon in the sea.'
Semantic categories: primordial sea creature, multi-headed chaos monster, prophetic symbol of hostile power
Key verses: Ps 74:14, Isa 27:1, Job 41:1
Relevance: The OT background for Revelation's multi-headed dragon/beast. Ps 74:14's multi-headed Leviathan crushed by God provides the archetype that Rev 12:3's seven-headed dragon transforms through prophetic tradition.
G3759 — ouai¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G3759-ouai.md
Occurrences: 47
Interjection meaning 'woe, alas.' 47 occurrences across 6 books. Revelation has 14 occurrences (3.2 per 100 verses). In Revelation, shifts from prophetic denunciation to cosmic lament (triple woe in 8:13, doubled ouai over Babylon in 18:10,16,19).
Semantic categories: prophetic denunciation, judgment oracle, cosmic lament, eschatological woe
Key verses: Rev 8:13, Rev 18:10, Rev 18:16, Rev 18:19
Relevance: Ouai functions as the structural antithesis to makarios. Where makarios pronounces blessing, ouai pronounces judgment. The 14 woes in Revelation counterbalance the 7 beatitudes — twice as many woes as blessings.
G3173 — megas¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G3173-megas.md
Occurrences: 212
Adjective meaning 'great, large, loud.' 200 unique verses (212 tokens) across 17 books. Revelation has 75 occurrences (18.6 per 100 verses) — by far the highest concentration. Used for 'great city,' 'great whore,' 'great dragon,' 'great authority.'
Semantic categories: physical size, degree/intensity, status/rank, importance
Key verses: Rev 17:1, Rev 17:5, Rev 17:18, Rev 12:3
Relevance: Modifies key entities in the seven-heads context: 'great red dragon' (12:3), 'great whore' (17:1), 'great city' (17:18), 'great authority' given to the beast (13:2). The concentration of megas in Revelation underscores the cosmic scale of the conflict.
G3466 — mysterion¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G3466-mystērion.md
Occurrences: 27
Neuter noun meaning 'mystery, divine secret.' 27 occurrences across 10 books. Revelation has 4 occurrences. In Rev 17:5, MYSTERY is written on the harlot's forehead. In Rev 17:7, the angel explains 'the mystery of the woman and of the beast.'
Semantic categories: divine plan revealed, gospel mystery, apocalyptic mystery
Key verses: Rev 17:5, Rev 17:7
Relevance: The angel's declaration in Rev 17:7 frames the seven-heads interpretation as revealing a 'mystery' — something requiring divine explanation. The mysterion language connects to the broader NT theme of God's hidden purposes now disclosed.
G3565 — nymphe¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G3565-nymphe.md
Occurrences: 8
Feminine noun meaning 'bride, daughter-in-law.' 8 tokens across 4 books. Revelation has 4 occurrences — all in the 'bride' sense (New Jerusalem, Lamb's wife, Spirit-and-bride voice). Split: bride (57%) vs. daughter-in-law (43%).
Semantic categories: bride (eschatological), daughter-in-law (household)
Key verses: Rev 19:7, Rev 21:2, Rev 21:9, Rev 22:17
Relevance: The bride/marriage supper context for beatitude 4 (19:9). The harlot (17:1-6) is the anti-bride — contrasting with the Lamb's bride. Beatitude 4 invites to the marriage supper, making it the positive counterpart to the harlot's judgment.
G3528 — nikao¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G3528-nikao.md
Occurrences: 28
Verb meaning 'to overcome, conquer, prevail.' 28 occurrences. KJV renders as 'overcometh' (5), 'overcome' (2), 'overcame' (2). In Revelation: the overcomer promises in the seven letters (2:7,11,17,26; 3:5,12,21) and the Lamb who overcomes (17:14). Beatitude 5 (20:6) fulfills the overcomer promise of 2:11 — 'shall not be hurt of the second death.'
Semantic categories: military conquest, moral triumph, legal vindication, eschatological victory
Key verses: Rev 2:11, Rev 17:14, Rev 3:21
Relevance: The overcomer promise of Rev 2:11 ('shall not be hurt of the second death') is fulfilled in beatitude 5 (20:6, 'on such the second death hath no power'). This makes beatitude 5 the convergence node where the overcomer thread, the kings-and-priests thread, and the beatitude series all intersect.