Revelation 17:3 — King James Version← Study notes
“So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.”
Revelation 17:3 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Revelation 17:323 words
καὶkaiand / also
ἀπήνεγκένapēnenkenbring, carry (away)
μεmeI
εἰςeisinto / to
ἔρημονerēmondesert, desolate, solitary
ἐνenabout, after, against
πνεύματιpneumatiSpirit / spirit
καὶkaiand / also
εἶδονeidonbehold, perceive, see
γυναῖκαgynaikawife, woman
καθημένηνkathēmenēndwell, sit (by, down)
ἐπὶepiabout (the times), above, after
θηρίονthērion(venomous, wild) beast
κόκκινονkokkinonscarlet (colour, coloured)
γέμονταgemontabe full
ὀνόματαonomatacalled, (+
sur-)name(-d)
βλασφημίαςblasphēmiasblasphemy, evil
speaking, railing
ἔχωνechōnhave
κεφαλὰςkephalashead
ἑπτὰheptaseven
καὶkaiand / also
κέραταkeratahorn
δέκαdeka(eight-)een, ten
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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