Andκαὶthe serpentὁ ὄφιςthrewἔβαλενout ofἐκhisαὐτοῦmouthτοῦ στόματοςwaterὕδωρlikeὡςa riverποταμόνafterὀπίσωthe woman,τῆς γυναικὸςso thatἵναhe might makeποιήσῃherαὐτὴνswept away by the river.ποταμοφόρητον
Revelation 12:15
Study it in the app“And the serpent threw out of his mouth water like a river after the woman, so that he might make her swept away by the river.”
With the Greek beneath
Revelation 12:15, word by word
- the serpentὄφιςophis
snake
Snake, serpent.
Where else “ophis” appears- threwἔβαλενebalen
throw
To hurl something or someone away from oneself.
Where else “ebalen” appears- mouthστόματοςstomatos
mouth
The part of the face through which one eats and speaks; also what one says.
Where else “stomatos” appears- waterὕδωρhydōr
water
The liquid of rivers, wells and rain, for drinking and washing.
Where else “hydōr” appears- a riverποταμόνpotamon
river
River; a stream of water.
Where else “potamon” appears- afterὀπίσωopisō
follow after
To walk behind someone, follow them.
Where else “opisō” appears- the womanγυναικὸςgynaikos
woman
An adult female person; when addressing her, a respectful form.
Where else “gynaikos” appears- he might makeποιήσῃpoiēsēi
make into
To make someone into something: "I will make you fishers".
Where else “poiēsēi” appears- swept away by the riverποταμοφόρητονpotamophorēton
swept away
Swept away by a river, carried off by its current.
Where else “potamophorēton” appears
The context
14And the two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she might fly into the wilderness, to her place, where she is nourished there for a time and times and half a time, away from the presence of the serpent.
15 · This verse (above)
16And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon had thrown out of his mouth.