Andκαὶthe greatἡ μεγάληcityἡ πόλιςwas splitἐγένετοintoεἰςthreeτρίαparts,μέρηandκαὶthe citiesαἱ πόλειςof the nationsτῶν ἐθνῶνfell.ἔπεσανAndκαὶBabylonΒαβυλὼνthe greatἡ μεγάληwas rememberedἐμνήσθηbeforeἐνώπιονGod,τοῦ θεοῦso that he wouldgiveδοῦναιherαὐτῇthe cupτὸ ποτήριονof the wineτοῦ οἴνουof the furyτοῦ θυμοῦof hisαὐτοῦwrath.τῆς ὀργῆς
Revelation 16:19
Study it in the app“And the great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. And Babylon the great was remembered before God, so that he would give her the cup of the wine of the fury of his wrath.”
With the Greek beneath
Revelation 16:19, word by word
- the greatμεγάληmegalē
intense
Of great force or intensity, like an enormous joy or fear.
Where else “megalē” appears- cityπόλιςpolis
city, town
City, town.
Where else “polis” appears- was splitἐγένετοegeneto
become
To turn into something new, different from before.
Where else “egeneto” appears- threeτρίαtria
three
Three.
Where else “tria” appears- partsμέρηmerē
part
A piece of a whole, or what falls to each one.
Where else “merē” appears- of the nationsἐθνῶνethnōn
Gentile
The peoples who are not Israel.
Where else “ethnōn” appears- fellἔπεσανepesan
fail
To collapse, fail.
Where else “epesan” appears- BabylonΒαβυλὼνBabylōn
Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “Babylōn” appears- was rememberedἐμνήσθηemnēsthē
remember
To call something or someone to mind.
Where else “emnēsthē” appears- beforeἐνώπιονenōpion
before, in front of
In front of, in the presence of.
Where else “enōpion” appears- Godθεοῦtheou
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appears- giveδοῦναιdounai
give
To hand something to another freely, as a gift.
Where else “dounai” appears- the cupποτήριονpotērion
lot
What someone has to suffer.
Where else “potērion” appears- of the wineοἴνουoinou
wine
Wine.
Where else “oinou” appears- of the furyθυμοῦthymou
wrath, rage
Rage, wrath: anger that bursts out.
Where else “thymou” appears- wrathὀργῆςorgēs
wrath
God's anger against evil, his punishment.
Where else “orgēs” appears
Places in this verse
Babylon
Today: Babylon ruins, near Hillah, Iraq
A great city on the Euphrates River, in present-day Iraq, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Baghdad.
In its land the languages were confused at Babel (Gen 11:9). Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took the people captive there (2 Kgs 25:1-11). Daniel lived there (Dan 1:1-6).
The context
18And there were lightnings and voices and thunders, and there was a great earthquake, such as had not occurred since people have been on the earth, such an earthquake, so great.
19 · This verse (above)
20And every island fled, and mountains were not found.