Revelation 1:1--7:17

Alpha : a title of Jesus Christ

Antipas : a man who became the first martyr of Asia.

Asher : a tribe of Israel that came from Asher; son of Jacob and Zilpah,the man; son of Jacob and Zilpah,a tribe of Israel or its land

Asia : A Roman province on the west side of Asia Minor.
(39° 13´, 32° 43´)

Balaam : the son of Beor,son of Beor of Pethor on the Euphrates River
(32° 27´, 35° 16´)

Balak : a son of Zippor,son of Zippor, King of Moab, who hired Balaam against Israel
(32° 27´, 35° 16´)

Benjamin : the tribe of Benjamin of Israel

David : a son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel,son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel

Ephesus : a town in western Asia Minor at the mouth of the Cayster River
(37° 57´, 27° 22´)

Gad : the tribe of Israel descended from Gad, the son of Jacob,the man; the son of Jacob and Zilpah,the tribe of Gad in Israel,a prophet and long time advisor to King David

Hades : the place of departed spirits (NIV notes); the unseen world (YC)

Israel : a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel

Israelite : a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel

Issachar : the tribe of Israel that came from his Jacob's son Issachar,son of Jacob and Leah; founder of the tribe of Issachar,the tribe of Issachar in Israel,son of Obed-Edom

Jerusalem : the capital city of Israel,a town; the capital of Israel near the southern border of Benjamin
(31° 46´, 35° 14´); (31° 46´, 35° 14´); (31° 46´, 35° 14´); (31° 46´, 35° 14´); (31° 46´, 35° 14´); (31° 46´, 35° 14´)

Jews : the people descended from Israel
(31° 46´, 35° 14´); (31° 46´, 35° 14´)

Jezebel : the wife of King Ahab of Israel,wife of Ahab and mother of Jehoram, kings of Israel; daughter of Ethbaal, the king of the Sidonians

John : a son of Zebedee; younger brother of James; the beloved disciple of Christ,a relative of Annas the high priest,a son of Mary the sister of Barnabas, and surnamed Mark,the father of Simon Peter

Joseph : the husband of Mary and foster-father of Jesus,a Jewish man from Arimathea in whose grave the body of Jesus was laid,two different men listed as ancestors of Jesus,a man nominated with Matthias to take the place of Judas Iscariot as apostle,a son of Jacob and Rachel; the father of Ephraim and Manasseh and ruler of Egypt,a brother of Jesus; a son of Mary,a man who was a companion of Paul,son of Jacob and Rachel; patriarch of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh,a tribe, actually two tribes named after Joseph's sons, Ephraim and Manasseh,father of Igal, of Issachar, who helped spy out Canaan,son of Asaph the Levite; worship leader under Asaph and King David,a man who put away his heathen wife; an Israelite descended from Binnui,priest and head of the house of Shebaniah under High Priest Joiakim in the time of Nehemiah

Judah : the son of Jacob and Leah; founder of the tribe of Judah,a tribe, the land/country,a son of Joseph; the father of Simeon; an ancestor of Jesus,son of Jacob/Israel and Leah; founder of the tribe of Judah,the tribe of Judah,citizens of the southern kingdom of Judah,citizens of the Persian Province of Judah; the Jews who had returned from Babylonian exile,"house of Judah", a phrase which highlights the political leadership of the tribe of Judah,"king of Judah", a phrase which relates to the southern kingdom of Judah,"kings of Judah", a phrase relating to the southern kingdom of Judah,"princes of Judah", a phrase relating to the kingdom of Judah,the territory allocated to the tribe of Judah, and also the extended territory of the southern kingdom of Judah,the Province of Judah under Persian rule,"hill country of Judah", the relatively cool and green central highlands of the territory of Judah,"the cities of Judah",the language of the Jews; Hebrew,head of a family of Levites who returned from Exile,a Levite who put away his heathen wife,a man who was second in command of Jerusalem; son of Hassenuah of Benjamin,a Levite in charge of the songs of thanksgiving in Nehemiah's time,a leader who helped dedicate Nehemiah's wall,a Levite musician who helped Zechariah of Asaph dedicate Nehemiah's wall
(31° 46´, 35° 14´); (31° 46´, 35° 14´)

Laodicea : residents of the town of Laodicea
(37° 46´, 29° 3´)

Levi : members of the tribe of Levi

Manasseh : the tribe of Manasseh.

Naphtali : region/territority and the tribe of Israel,the son of Jacob and Bilhah,the tribe of people descended from Naphtali,the territory of the people of Naphtali

Nicolaitans : the followers of a sect that taught immorality and idolatry

Omega : the last letter of Greek alphabet

Paradise : a beautiful garden where those who have departed this life live happily forever, safe from evil

paradise : a beautiful garden where those who have departed this life live happily forever, safe from evil

Patmos : a small island in the Aegean sea just west of Miletus, Asia Minor
(37° 18´, 26° 32´)

Pergamum : a wealthy ancient town in the disrict of Mysia in northwest Asia Minor. It is now modern Bergama.
(39° 7´, 27° 9´)

Philadelphia : a town in Lydia in the western part of Asia Minor
(38° 20´, 28° 31´)

Reuben : the tribe of Reuben

Sardis : the capital city of the province of Lydia in Asia Minor
(38° 28´, 28° 6´)

Satan : a person, male (evil angelic),an angel that has rebelled against God

Simeon : a son of Jonas and brother of Andrew; an apostle of Jesus Christ,a man who was one of the apostles of Christ and also called 'the Zealot',a brother of Jesus,a man who was a well-know victim of leprosy who had been healed by Jesus (NIV note),a man from Cyrene who was forced to carry the cross of Jesus,a Pharisee man in whose house Jesus' feet were washed with tears and anointed,the father of Judas Iscariot,a man who was a sorcerer in Samaria and who wanted to buy the gifts of the Spirit,a man who was a tanner at Joppa and with whom Peter was staying when Cornelius sent for him

Smyrna : a city Located on the west coast of Asia Minor, it is now called Izmir.
(38° 27´, 27° 9´)

Thyatira : a town in Asia Minor 30 km southeast of Pergamum
(38° 55´, 27° 51´)

Zebulun : the tribe of Israel that came from Zebulun whose territory was in Galilee,the man; son of Jacob and Leah,the tribe of Zebulun,the territory of the tribe of Zebulun