Revelation 18:5

“for her sins have piled up as high as heaven, and God has remembered her wrongdoings.”

Revelation 18:5 · direct translation from the Greek
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Revelation 18:5, word by word

sinsἁμαρτίαιhamartiai

sin

Doing what God does not want, and the guilt it leaves.

Where else “hamartiai” appears
have piled upἐκολλήθησανekollēthēsan

pile up

To heap up to the sky.

Where else “ekollēthēsan” appears
as high asἄχριachri

until

Until; as far as.

Where else “achri” appears
heavenοὐρανοῦouranou

heaven

God's dwelling, above all that is created.

Where else “ouranou” appears
Godθεὸςtheos

God

The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.

Where else “theos” appears
has rememberedἐμνημόνευσενemnēmoneusen

remember

To keep something in mind.

Where else “emnēmoneusen” appears
wrongdoingsἀδικήματαadikēmata

wrong, crime

A wrong, a crime, an injury done to another.

Where else “adikēmata” appears

The context

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;

5 · This verse (above)

6Pay back her as she also paid back, and give her double according to her works; in the cup that she mixed, mix her a double portion.

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