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Andκαὶthey haveἔχουσινtailsοὐρὰςlikeὁμοίαςscorpions’σκορπίοιςandκαὶstingers,κέντραandκαὶinἐνtheir tailsταῖς οὐραῖς αὐτῶνistheir authorityἡ ἐξουσία αὐτῶνto harmἀδικῆσαιpeopleτοὺς ἀνθρώπουςfor fiveπέντεmonths.μῆνας
Revelation 9:10
Study it in the app“And they have tails like scorpions’ and stingers, and in their tails is their authority to harm people for five months.”
With the Greek beneath
Revelation 9:10, word by word
- they haveἔχουσινechousin
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echousin” appears- tailsοὐρὰςouras
tail
Tail.
Where else “ouras” appears- likeὁμοίαςhomoias
like
Like, similar.
Where else “homoias” appears- scorpions’σκορπίοιςskorpiois
scorpion
Scorpion.
Where else “skorpiois” appears- stingersκέντραkentra
sting
The poisoned point that pricks, like a scorpion's.
Where else “kentra” appears- their authorityἐξουσίαexousia
authority
The right to command or act.
Where else “exousia” appears- to harmἀδικῆσαιadikēsai
harm
To do harm to someone or something, injure or spoil it.
Where else “adikēsai” appears- peopleἀνθρώπουςanthrōpous
person
A person, man or woman.
Where else “anthrōpous” appears- for fiveπέντεpente
five
Five.
Where else “pente” appears- monthsμῆναςmēnas
month
A period of about thirty days, one of the twelve parts of the year.
Where else “mēnas” appears
The context
9and they had breastplates like iron breastplates, and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots with many horses rushing into battle.
10 · This verse (above)
11They have over them as king the angel of the abyss; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he has the name Apollyon.