REVELATION 17:18

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.”

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Revelation 17:18 Translation & Meaning

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And καὶ And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words And
the The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the
woman γυνὴ A woman; specially, a wife woman
which ἣν The relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that which
thou sawest εἶδες Used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent G3700 and G3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by implication, (in the perfect tense only) to know sawest
is ἔστιν He (she or it) is; also (with neuter plural) they are is
that great μεγάλη Big (literally or figuratively, in a very wide application) great
city, πόλις A town (properly, with walls, of greater or less size) city
which ἔχουσα To hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or condition) which
reigneth βασιλείαν Properly, royalty, i.e., (abstractly) rule, or (concretely) a realm (literally or figuratively) reigneth
over ἐπὶ Properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc over
the τῶν The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the
kings βασιλέων A sovereign (abstractly, relatively, or figuratively) kings
of γῆς Soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe (including the occupants in each application) of
the τῆς The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the
earth. γῆς Soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe (including the occupants in each application) earth

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  • 16  And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.

  • 17  For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.

  • 18  And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.




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