Andκαὶgreatμεγάληhailstones,χάλαζαaboutὡςa talent in weight,ταλαντιαίαcome downκαταβαίνειfromἐκheavenτοῦ οὐρανοῦonἐπὶpeople;τοὺς ἀνθρώπουςandκαὶpeopleοἱ ἄνθρωποιblasphemedἐβλασφήμησανGodτὸν θεὸνbecause ofἐκthe plagueτῆς πληγῆςof the hail,τῆς χαλάζηςbecauseὅτιitsαὐτῆςplagueἡ πληγὴisἐστὶνextremelyσφόδραgreat.μεγάλη
Revelation 16:21
Study it in the app“And great hailstones, about a talent in weight, come down from heaven on people; and people blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, because its plague is extremely great.”
With the Greek beneath
Revelation 16:21, word by word
- greatμεγάληmegalē
large
Of great size, taking up much space.
Where else “megalē” appears- hailstonesχάλαζαchalaza
hail
Hail: balls of ice falling from the sky.
Where else “chalaza” appears- a talent in weightταλαντιαίαtalantiaia
weighing a talent
Weighing a talent: of the weight of a talent, a large unit of weight.
Where else “talantiaia” appears- come downκαταβαίνειkatabainei
go down, come down
Go down, come down, descend.
Where else “katabainei” appears- heavenοὐρανοῦouranou
sky
The vault we see above the earth, where birds fly and the stars are.
Where else “ouranou” appears- peopleἀνθρώπουςanthrōpous
person
A person, man or woman.
Where else “anthrōpous” appears- blasphemedἐβλασφήμησανeblasphēmēsan
blaspheme
To speak with contempt against God or what is holy.
Where else “eblasphēmēsan” appears- Godθεὸνtheon
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theon” appears- the plagueπληγῆςplēgēs
plague
A disaster that falls as punishment.
Where else “plēgēs” appears- isἐστὶνestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- extremelyσφόδραsphodra
greatly, very
Very, greatly, exceedingly.
Where else “sphodra” appears
Translation note
A talent weighed about thirty kilograms or more.
The context
20And every island fled, and mountains were not found.
21 · This verse (above)