AndκαὶI sawεἶδονthe womanτὴν γυναῖκαdrunkμεθύουσανwithἐκthe bloodτοῦ αἵματοςof the saintsτῶν ἁγίωνandκαὶwithἐκthe bloodτοῦ αἵματοςof the witnessesτῶν μαρτύρωνof Jesus.ἸησοῦAndΚαὶwhen I sawἰδὼνher,αὐτὴνI was amazedἐθαύμασαwith greatμέγαamazement.θαῦμα
Revelation 17:6
Study it in the app“And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. And when I saw her, I was amazed with great amazement.”
With the Greek beneath
Revelation 17:6, word by word
- I sawεἶδονeidon
see
To perceive with sight, to look and notice what is in front.
Where else “eidon” appears- the womanγυναῖκαgynaika
woman
An adult female person; when addressing her, a respectful form.
Where else “gynaika” appears- drunkμεθύουσανmethyousan
be drunk
Be drunk.
Where else “methyousan” appears- the bloodαἵματοςhaimatos
blood
The red fluid that runs through the bodies of people and animals.
Where else “haimatos” appears- of the saintsἁγίωνhagiōn
saints
Believers, set apart because they belong to God.
Where else “hagiōn” appears- of the witnessesμαρτύρωνmartyrōn
martyr
Someone who bears witness to Jesus even to the point of dying for it.
Where else “martyrōn” appears- of JesusἸησοῦIēsou
Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsou” appears- I was amazedἐθαύμασαethaumasa
marvel, wonder
Marvel, be amazed.
Where else “ethaumasa” appears- with greatμέγαmega
intense
Of great force or intensity, like an enormous joy or fear.
Where else “mega” appears- amazementθαῦμαthauma
amazement
Great astonishment at a sight.
Where else “thauma” appears
The context
5and on her forehead a name written, a mystery: “Babylon the great, the mother of prostitutes and of the abominations of the earth.”
6 · This verse (above)
7And the angel said to me, “Why are you amazed? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.