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Revelation 18:3
Study it in the app“because all the nations have fallen from the wine of the fury of her sexual immorality, and the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth grew rich from the power of her luxury.””
With the Greek beneath
Revelation 18:3, word by word
- the nationsἔθνηethnē
Gentile
The peoples who are not Israel.
Where else “ethnē” appears- have fallenπέπτωκανpeptōkan
soak up
To drink the cup of suffering, or take in deeply.
Where else “peptōkan” appears- the wineοἴνουoinou
wine
Wine.
Where else “oinou” appears- of the furyθυμοῦthymou
wrath, rage
Rage, wrath: anger that bursts out.
Where else “thymou” appears- sexual immoralityπορνείαςporneias
unfaithfulness
Being unfaithful to God by going after idols.
Where else “porneias” appears- the kingsβασιλεῖςbasileis
king
The one who rules a people with the highest authority.
Where else “basileis” appears- of the earthγῆςgēs
earth
The whole earth under heaven, where human beings live.
Where else “gēs” appears- committed sexual immoralityἐπόρνευσανeporneusan
commit sexual immorality
Commit sexual immorality: have sexual relations outside marriage; also, in a figurative sense, be unfaithful to God by joining in idolatry.
Where else “eporneusan” appears- the merchantsἔμποροιemporoi
merchant
Merchant, trader.
Where else “emporoi” appears- grew richἐπλούτησανeploutēsan
be rich
To have many possessions.
Where else “eploutēsan” appears- the powerδυνάμεωςdynameōs
power
The strength to act, above all that of God and his Spirit.
Where else “dynameōs” appears- luxuryστρήνουςstrēnous
luxury
Luxury, excessive and arrogant living.
Where else “strēnous” appears
Translation note· on the manuscripts
“Have fallen”: so reads the base text; many manuscripts read “have drunk.”
The context
2And he cried out with a mighty voice, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! And she has become a dwelling place of demons and a haunt of every unclean spirit, and a haunt of every unclean bird, and a haunt of every unclean and hated beast,
3 · This verse (above)
4And I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, so that you may not take part in her sins, and so that you may not receive any of her plagues;