Revelation 13:1 — King James Version← Study notes

“And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.”

Revelation 13:1 — Greek Interlinear

Greek · Revelation 13:127 words

GreekMeaning

ΚαὶKai

AndwordG2532

εἶδονeidon

behold, perceive, seeverbG3708

ἐκek

out ofprepositionG1537

τῆςtēs

thearticleG3588

θαλάσσηςthalassēs

seanounG2281

θηρίονthērion

a beastnounG2342

ἀναβαῖνονanabainon

risingverbG305

ἔχονechon

havingverbG2192

κέραταkerata

hornsnounG2768

δέκαdeka

tenadjectiveG1176

καὶkai

andwordG2532

κεφαλὰςkephalas

headsnounG2776

ἑπτάhepta

sevenadjectiveG2033

καὶkai

andwordG2532

ἐπὶepi

onprepositionG1909

τῶνtōn

thearticleG3588

κεράτωνkeratōn

hornsnounG2768

αὐτοῦautou

of itpronounG846

δέκαdeka

tenadjectiveG1176

διαδήματαdiadēmata

royal crownsnounG1238

καὶkai

andwordG2532

ἐπὶepi

uponprepositionG1909

τὰςtas

thearticleG3588

κεφαλὰςkephalas

headsnounG2776

αὐτοῦautou

of itpronounG846

ὀνόματαonomata

called, (+ sur-)name(-d)nounG3686

βλασφημίαςblasphēmias

of blasphemynounG988

ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

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Mary PatelNote1mo ago

The Beast from the Sea

I'm a historian of political ideology, and I read this image of the beast as a metaphor for empire - any empire. The characteristics shift across time, but the pattern is constant. Power, blasphemy, w...