The beastτὸ θηρίονthatὃyou sawεἶδεςwas,ἦνandκαὶisἔστινnot,οὐκandκαὶis aboutμέλλειto come upἀναβαίνεινout ofἐκthe abyssτῆς ἀβύσσουandκαὶgoesὑπάγειtoεἰςdestruction.ἀπώλειανAndκαὶthose who liveοἱ κατοικοῦντεςonἐπὶthe earth,τῆς γῆςwhoseὧνnameτὸ ὄνομαhas notοὐbeen writtenγέγραπταιinἐπὶthe bookτὸ βιβλίονof lifeτῆς ζωῆςfromἀπὸthe foundationκαταβολῆςof the world,κόσμουwill be amazedθαυμασθήσονταιwhen they seeβλεπόντωνthe beast,τὸ θηρίονbecauseὅτιit wasἦνandκαὶisἔστινnotοὐκandκαὶwill be present.παρέσται
Revelation 17:8
Study it in the app“The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to come up out of the abyss and goes to destruction. And those who live on the earth, whose name has not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, will be amazed when they see the beast, because it was and is not and will be present.”
With the Greek beneath
Revelation 17:8, word by word
- The beastθηρίονthērion
beast
The monster of Revelation, God's enemy.
Where else “thērion” appears- you sawεἶδεςeides
see
To perceive with sight, to look and notice what is in front.
Where else “eides” appears- wasἦνēn
exist
To have existence, to be alive.
Where else “ēn” appears- is aboutμέλλειmellei
be about to
Something on the point of happening.
Where else “mellei” appears- to come upἀναβαίνεινanabainein
go up
To go upward: up a mountain, to Jerusalem or to heaven.
Where else “anabainein” appears- the abyssἀβύσσουabyssou
abyss
Abyss: the bottomless deep, the depths; the realm of the dead and of evil spirits.
Where else “abyssou” appears- goesὑπάγειhypagei
go away
Go away, leave; "go!".
Where else “hypagei” appears- destructionἀπώλειανapōleian
destruction
Final ruin, the opposite of being saved.
Where else “apōleian” appears- those who liveκατοικοῦντεςkatoikountes
dwell, live
Dwell, live in a place, inhabit.
Where else “katoikountes” appears- the earthγῆςgēs
earth
The whole earth under heaven, where human beings live.
Where else “gēs” appears- nameὄνομαonoma
name
The word by which a person or thing is called, which often says who they are.
Where else “onoma” appears- been writtenγέγραπταιgegraptai
write
To set down words in writing: letters, laws, books.
Where else “gegraptai” appears- the bookβιβλίονbiblion
scroll
A long writing on a scroll, like those of the prophets or the book of life.
Where else “biblion” appears- of lifeζωῆςzōēs
eternal life
What God gives to live with him without end.
Where else “zōēs” appears- the foundationκαταβολῆςkatabolēs
foundation
The beginning of the world.
Where else “katabolēs” appears- of the worldκόσμουkosmou
creation
Everything God made.
Where else “kosmou” appears- will be amazedθαυμασθήσονταιthaumasthēsontai
marvel, wonder
Marvel, be amazed.
Where else “thaumasthēsontai” appears- when they seeβλεπόντωνblepontōn
see
To use the eyes to perceive something; also to look with intent.
Where else “blepontōn” appears- will be presentπαρέσταιparestai
have come
To come to a place and be there now.
Where else “parestai” appears
The context
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.
8 · This verse (above)
9Here is the mind that has wisdom: the seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman is seated; and they are seven kings;