Significance
The analysis of Revelation 1:1 focuses on the Greek root for the word signified, which denotes showing or making clear in another way. This linguistic framework suggests that the book communicates its message through symbolic representations rather than direct literalism.
This interpretive approach views the entire book of Revelation, including specific verses like 21:7, as a series of spiritual images. The use of such imagery indicates that the text is intended to be understood figuratively rather than as a literal account.
In Revelation 1:1 KJV, the word signified has Strong’s G4591 as its root, which, from Cambridge’s online English Dictionary, indicate — to show, point, or make clear in another way.
This all means that the entire book of Revelation, including 21:7, verifies my understanding of that verse, which communicates by Spiritual imagery, and is not literal.