Revelation 9:4

“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.”

Revelation 9:4 · direct translation from the Greek
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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.

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