Definition

the one being and the one that was and the one coming, i.e. the Eternal, as a divine epithet of Christ

Etymology

a phrase combining G3588 (ὁ) with the present participle and imperfect of G1510 (εἰμί) and the present participle of G2064 (ἔρχομαι) by means of G2532 (καί);

Where the KJV renders it

• which art (is
• was)
• and (which) wast (is
• and art (is) to come (shalt be)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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