rwp - Revelation:2:23

rwp@Revelation:2:23 @{I will kill with death} (\apokten en thanati\). Future (volitive) active of \apoktein\ with the tautological (cognate) \en thanati\ (in the sense of pestilence) as in strkjv@Ezekiel:33:27|. {Her children} (\ta tekna auts\). Either her actual children, like the fate of Ahab's sons (2Kings:10:7|) or "her spiritual progeny" (Swete) who have completely accepted her Nicolaitan practices. {Shall know} (\gnsontai\). Future (ingressive punctiliar) middle of \ginsk\, "shall come to know." "The doom of the offenders was to be known as widely as the scandal had been" (Charles). {Searcheth} (\eraunn\). Present active articular participle of \erauna\, to follow up, to track out, late form for \ereuna\, from strkjv@Jeremiah:17:10|. {Reins} (\nephrous\). Old word for kidneys, here only in N.T., quoted also with \kardias\ from strkjv@Jeremiah:17:10|. See strkjv@22:17| for the reward of punishment.