Greek Form Guide

γεγραμμένων (gegrammenon) in Revelation 22:19: Verb Perfect Passive Participle Genitive Plural Neuter

γεγραμμένων (gegrammenon) in Revelation 22:19

Textual Witness

γεγραμμένων gegrammenon Verb Perfect Passive Participle Genitive Plural Neuter

The witness reads γεγραμμένων in Revelation 22:19 within the phrase καὶ τῶν γεγραμμένων ἐν βιβλίῳ τούτῳ.

How The Form Affects Interpretation

The grammar supports the reading that the warning concerns the written contents of the book, not merely a general idea of speech or memory.

How To Communicate It

In translation and teaching, the form can be rendered naturally as 'what has been written' or 'the things written,' while keeping the focus on the book's recorded words.

What Not To Say

  • Grammatical form should serve context, not override it.
  • Perfect participle form suggests completed writing, but the verse context controls the referent.
  • Neuter plural agreement describes the phrase, not a theological gender claim.

What Does The Label Mean?

Part of Speech

Verb: the form functions as a participle, so it describes an action or state while still behaving like a verbal modifier in the clause.

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

Genitive: the form is marked for a genitive relation and here most naturally belongs to the phrase headed by the genitive article and noun it follows.

Number

Plural: the participle agrees with a plural reference, so it points to more than one item in the surrounding expression.

Gender

Neuter: the participle is neuter in form, which reflects agreement in the phrase and does not by itself make a theological or personal claim.

What The Form Does In This Verse

Attached To

τῶν ... ἐν βιβλίῳ τούτῳ

Governed By

The participle is governed by the genitive article τῶν and works with the surrounding genitive phrase as a modifier of the things in view.

Role In The Phrase

It identifies what is written in this book, helping specify the words, contents, or recorded matters under discussion.

What It Is Not Doing

It does not introduce a new action by itself, and it does not change the subject of the warning sentence.

How Much The Form Matters Here

Interpretive Weight

High: The participle identifies the written contents in the closing warning of Revelation.

Syntax Profile

Genitive plural participial modifier. narrows the reference to recorded written material rather than introducing a new main action. Attached to the things written in this book. Governed by the genitive article and phrase in Revelation 22:19. The perfect passive participle supports the written-record idea, while the warning sentence supplies the main claim.

Reader Question

What material is in view in the warning? The warning concerns the things written in this book, the recorded prophetic words.

Translation Effect

Direct: The form directly supports a rendering such as 'the things written' or 'what has been written.'

Where Caution Is Needed

The participle is adjectival in the phrase and should not be treated as the main verb of the warning. The genitive relation identifies the written contents in context; it should not be forced into one abstract category apart from the phrase.

Fallacies To Avoid

Perfect means once-for-all: Perfect form can present a completed state, but the verse controls how much theological weight that carries. passive voice proves a hidden agent: Passive voice marks the written state here; the warning context, not the voice label alone, controls agency claims.

How The Interpretation Is Derived

Textual Witness

The witness reads γεγραμμένων in Revelation 22:19 within the phrase καὶ τῶν γεγραμμένων ἐν βιβλίῳ τούτῳ.

Lexical Identity

The lemma is γράφω, a verb for writing, recording, or setting down in written form.

Grammar In Context

The perfect passive participle presents the written material as already recorded, and the genitive plural form ties it to the group described by the article.

Passage Meaning

The verse warns against subtracting from the recorded words of this prophecy and from what is written in this book.

Canonical Fit

This fits the book's repeated concern for written testimony and the authority of the prophetic message.

Communication Use

For readers, the form supports the idea of a fixed written record rather than a passing oral remark.

Do Not Derive

Do not derive more than that from the form itself, and do not treat the participle as the main assertion of the verse.