Revelation 11:18

“And the nations raged, and your wrath came, and the time for the dead to be judged, and to give the reward to your slaves the prophets and to the saints and to those who fear your name, the small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth.””

Revelation 11:18 · direct translation from the Greek
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Revelation 11:18, word by word

the nationsἔθνηethnē

Gentile

The peoples who are not Israel.

Where else “ethnē” appears
ragedὠργίσθησανōrgisthēsan

be angry

Be angry.

Where else “ōrgisthēsan” appears
your wrathὀργήorgē

wrath

God's anger against evil, his punishment.

Where else “orgē” appears
cameἦλθενēlthen

come

To move to where someone is or to a place, and be present there.

Where else “ēlthen” appears
the timeκαιρὸςkairos

right time

The right moment for something.

Where else “kairos” appears
for the deadνεκρῶνnekrōn

dead

Someone who no longer has life, whose body has no breath left.

Where else “nekrōn” appears
to be judgedκριθῆναιkrithēnai

judge

To hear a case and give sentence, as God will do with the world.

Where else “krithēnai” appears
to giveδοῦναιdounai

give

To hand something to another freely, as a gift.

Where else “dounai” appears
the rewardμισθὸνmisthon

reward

The prize God gives.

Where else “misthon” appears
to your slavesδούλοιςdoulois

slave

A person who belongs to a master and serves him.

Where else “doulois” appears
the prophetsπροφήταιςprophētais

prophet

Someone who speaks for God.

Where else “prophētais” appears
to the saintsἁγίοιςhagiois

saints

Believers, set apart because they belong to God.

Where else “hagiois” appears
to those who fearφοβουμένοιςphoboumenois

revere

To honor God with reverence.

Where else “phoboumenois” appears
your nameὄνομάonoma

name

The word by which a person or thing is called, which often says who they are.

Where else “onoma” appears
the smallμικροὺςmikrous

small

Of little size, little age or little importance before others.

Where else “mikrous” appears
the greatμεγάλουςmegalous

greater

Of greater importance or rank than the rest.

Where else “megalous” appears
to destroyδιαφθεῖραιdiaphtheirai

destroy

To ruin something completely, or to wear away little by little.

Where else “diaphtheirai” appears
the earthγῆνgēn

earth

The whole earth under heaven, where human beings live.

Where else “gēn” appears

Translation note

It recalls Psalm 2:1 and 115:13.

The context

17saying, “We give thanks to you, Lord God the Almighty, who is and who was, for you have taken your great power and begun to reign.

18 · This verse (above)

19And the sanctuary of God that is in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen in his sanctuary; and there were lightnings and voices and thunders and an earthquake and great hail.

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