Revelation 17:3

“And he carried me away into a wilderness in the Spirit; and I saw a woman seated on a scarlet beast full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.”

Revelation 17:3 · direct translation from the Greek
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Revelation 17:3, word by word

he carriedἀπήνεγκένapēnenken

carry off

Carry away, take to another place.

Where else “apēnenken” appears
a wildernessἔρημονerēmon

wilderness

Land without people or crops.

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the Spiritπνεύματιpneumati

Spirit

God himself at work, giving life and dwelling in believers.

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I sawεἶδονeidon

see

To perceive with sight, to look and notice what is in front.

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a womanγυναῖκαgynaika

woman

An adult female person; when addressing her, a respectful form.

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seatedκαθημένηνkathēmenēn

sit

To be seated somewhere, or riding on an animal.

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a scarletκόκκινονkokkinon

scarlet

Scarlet, bright red.

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beastθηρίονthērion

beast

The monster of Revelation, God's enemy.

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full ofγέμονταgemonta

be full

Be full.

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namesὀνόματαonomata

name

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

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of blasphemyβλασφημίαςblasphēmias

blasphemy

Words that scorn God or what is sacred.

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havingἔχωνechōn

have

To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.

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sevenἑπτὰhepta

seven

Seven.

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headsκεφαλὰςkephalas

head

The top part of the body, where the face and hair are.

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tenδέκαdeka

ten

Ten.

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hornsκέραταkerata

horn

The hard point on an animal's head; also the points at the corners of the altar.

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The context

2with whom the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality, and those who live on the earth became drunk with the wine of her sexual immorality.”

3 · This verse (above)

4And the woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stone and pearls, holding a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality,

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