Greek Form Guide

γεγραμμένας (gegrammenas) in Revelation 22:18: Verb Perfect Passive Participle Accusative Plural Feminine

γεγραμμένας (gegrammenas) in Revelation 22:18

Textual Witness

γεγραμμένας gegrammenas Verb Perfect Passive Participle Accusative Plural Feminine

The witness reads γεγραμμένας in the phrase τὰς πληγὰς τὰς γεγραμμένας ἐν βιβλίῳ τούτῳ, so the form directly qualifies the plagues mentioned in the verse.

How The Form Affects Interpretation

The form adds a descriptive, completed-written nuance to the plagues, supporting the sense that they are part of the established contents of the prophecy.

How To Communicate It

A clear English rendering may say 'the plagues written in this book,' preserving the participial description without overexplaining the grammar.

What Not To Say

  • Grammatical form should serve context, not override it.
  • Perfect passive participle describes a written state, but the warning comes from the whole clause, not the form alone.
  • Grammatical gender here is only agreement, not a theological statement about sex or personhood.

What Does The Label Mean?

Part of Speech

Verb: this participial form still comes from a verbal idea, so it presents the action or result of writing rather than naming a thing.

Tense / Aspect

Perfect: presents a completed action or state with continuing relevance where the context supports it.

Voice

Passive: presents the subject as receiving or being affected by the action.

Mood

Participle: carries a verbal idea while also functioning like an adjective or clause element. Context decides its role.

Case

Accusative: the participle is shaped to fit the accusative phrase and describe the direct object it qualifies in the clause.

Number

Plural: the form agrees with the plural noun it modifies, so it refers to more than one item in the cited phrase.

Gender

Feminine: the form matches the feminine grammatical class of the noun it describes, and this does not by itself imply a gendered theological claim.

What The Form Does In This Verse

Attached To

τὰς πληγὰς

Governed By

The participle is governed by the noun phrase for the plagues and the article repeated before it, marking it as a descriptive modifier in the object phrase.

Role In The Phrase

It identifies which plagues are in view, namely those described as written in this book, and so it narrows the warning to the specific written judgments.

What It Is Not Doing

It does not introduce a new action by itself or shift the focus away from the noun it modifies; it is not a separate clause.

How Much The Form Matters Here

Interpretive Weight

High: The perfect passive participle identifies the plagues as the ones written in this book within a solemn warning.

Syntax Profile

Perfect passive participle modifying plagues. describes the plagues as already written or recorded in this book. Attached to the plagues written in this book phrase. Governed by the object phrase naming the plagues. The participle narrows which plagues are meant; the warning supplies the theological seriousness.

Reader Question

Which plagues does the warning mention? It mentions the plagues written in this book.

Translation Effect

Direct: The form directly supports written in this book or that have been written in this book.

Where Caution Is Needed

The perfect passive participle describes the plagues as written, but the warning context carries the authority claim. Passive voice marks the plagues as recorded without requiring the form itself to identify the writer. Feminine agreement follows plagues and does not add a gendered theological point.

Fallacies To Avoid

Perfect tense always means permanent theological state: The perfect participle presents the plagues as written in context; permanence and authority must be argued from the warning as a whole.

How The Interpretation Is Derived

Textual Witness

The witness reads γεγραμμένας in the phrase τὰς πληγὰς τὰς γεγραμμένας ἐν βιβλίῳ τούτῳ, so the form directly qualifies the plagues mentioned in the verse.

Lexical Identity

The lemma is γράφω, which in this context means to write or record, not to create a new semantic field for the word.

Grammar In Context

The perfect passive participle presents the plagues as already written and now standing as written contents of the book, fitting the warning about adding to the prophecy.

Passage Meaning

The verse warns that the plagues in view are the ones recorded in this book, so the form supports the sense of fixed written judgment rather than a fresh act of writing.

Canonical Fit

This fits the book's repeated concern with what is written and preserved as authoritative, so the form reinforces the stability of the prophetic text.

Communication Use

In communication, the form can be rendered smoothly as 'the plagues written in this book' or 'the plagues that have been written in this book.'

Do Not Derive

Do not derive that the form proves more than the text states, and do not let participial grammar override the warning and context of the verse.