Andκαὶthey were toldἐρρέθη αὐταῖςnotἵνα μὴto harmἀδικήσουσινthe grassτὸν χόρτονof the earthτῆς γῆςorοὐδὲanyπᾶνgreen thingχλωρὸνorοὐδὲanyπᾶνtree,δένδρονbut onlyεἰ μὴthe peopleτοὺς ἀνθρώπουςwhoοἵτινεςdo notοὐκhaveἔχουσιthe sealτὴν σφραγῖδαof Godτοῦ θεοῦonἐπὶtheirforeheads.τῶν μετώπων
Revelation 9:4
Study it in the app“And they were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any green thing or any tree, but only the people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.”
With the Greek beneath
Revelation 9:4, word by word
- they were toldἐρρέθηerrethē
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “errethē” appears- to harmἀδικήσουσινadikēsousin
harm
To do harm to someone or something, injure or spoil it.
Where else “adikēsousin” appears- the grassχόρτονchorton
grass
Grass, pasture.
Where else “chorton” appears- of the earthγῆςgēs
earth
The whole earth under heaven, where human beings live.
Where else “gēs” appears- green thingχλωρὸνchlōron
green
The colour of fresh grass.
Where else “chlōron” appears- treeδένδρονdendron
tree
Tree.
Where else “dendron” appears- the peopleἀνθρώπουςanthrōpous
person
A person, man or woman.
Where else “anthrōpous” appears- haveἔχουσιechousi
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echousi” appears- the sealσφραγῖδαsphragida
seal
Seal: a mark that confirms and guarantees something; also the signet that makes it.
Where else “sphragida” appears- of Godθεοῦtheou
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appears- foreheadsμετώπωνmetōpōn
forehead
Forehead.
Where else “metōpōn” appears
The context
3And out of the smoke came locusts onto the earth, and authority was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have authority.
4 · This verse (above)
5And it was granted to them not to kill them, but to torment them for five months; and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings a person.