Study it in the app“And he seized the dragon, the ancient serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,”
Andκαὶhe seizedἐκράτησενthe dragon,τὸν δράκονταthe ancientὁ ἀρχαῖοςserpent,ὁ ὄφιςwhoὅςisἐστινthe DevilΔιάβολοςandκαὶSatan,ὁ Σατανᾶςandκαὶboundἔδησενhimαὐτὸνfor a thousandχίλιαyears,ἔτη
Revelation 20:2 speaks of “the ancient serpent” and calls it the Devil and Satan; Genesis 3 calls its character simply “the serpent.”
The same term appears in both passages.
seize
To lay hands on someone, or clasp their hand.
Where else “ekratēsen” appearsdragon
Dragon: a huge serpent; in Revelation, a figure for the devil.
Where else “drakonta” appearsancient, old
Ancient, old, from the beginning; "the ancients", the earlier generations.
Where else “archaios” appearssnake
Snake, serpent.
Where else “ophis” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appearsdevil
The enemy of God and of people, who accuses, tempts and deceives.
Where else “Diabolos” appearsSatan
Satan, a Hebrew name meaning "the adversary", the enemy of God.
Where else “Satanas” appearsbind
To fasten someone or something with ropes.
Where else “edēsen” appearsthousand
A thousand.
Where else “chilia” appearsyear
Year.
Where else “etē” appears1And I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.
2 · This verse (above)
3and threw him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he would not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were completed. After these things he must be released for a short time.
