“And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.”
And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit — the fallen star (aster piptō) is personified as 'he,' likely Satan or a demonic ruler. The key (kleis) to the bottomless pit (phreatos tēs abyssou, the abyss) grants him temporary authority to release the imprisoned beings. The abyss represents the realm of chaos and demonic forces.
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