Revelation 20:3 — King James Version← Study notes
“And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.”
Revelation 20:3 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Revelation 20:330 words
καὶkaiand / also
ἔβαλενebalenarise, cast (out), lay
αὐτὸνautonhe / she / it / same
εἰςeisinto / to
τὴνtēnthe
ἄβυσσονabyssondeep, (bottomless) pit
καὶkaiand / also
ἔκλεισενekleisenshut (up)
καὶkaiand / also
ἐσφράγισενesphragisen(set a, set to) seal up, stop
ἐπάνωepanōabove, more than, (up-)on
αὐτοῦautouhe / she / it / same
ἵναhinaso that / in order that
μὴmēnot
πλανήσῃplanēsēgo astray, deceive, err
ἔτιetiafter that, also, ever
τὰtathe
ἔθνηethnēGentile, heathen, nation
ἄχριachrias far as, for, in(-to)
τελεσθῇtelesthēaccomplish, make an end, expire
τὰtathe
χίλιαchiliathousand
ἔτηetēyear
μετὰmetaafter(-ward), he again, against
ταῦταtautahe (it was that), hereof, it
δεῖdeibind, be in bonds, knit
λυθῆναιlythēnaibreak (up), destroy, dissolve
αὐτὸνautonhe / she / it / same
μικρὸνmikronleast, less, little
χρόνονchronon+ years old, season, space
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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