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Revelation 9:16 — King James Version← Study notes

And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.


Revelation 9:16Greek Interlinear

Greek · Revelation 9:1613 words
GreekMeaning
καὶkai
AndwordG2532
ho
thearticleG3588
ἀριθμὸςarithmos
numbernounG706
τῶνtōn
of thearticleG3588
στρατευμάτωνstrateumatōn
armiesnounG4753
τοῦtou
of thearticleG3588
ἱππικοῦhippikou
horse(-men)adjectiveG2461
δισμυριάδεςdismyriades
ten thousandsnounG3461
μυριάδωνmyriadōn
ten thousandnounG3461
ἤκουσαēkousa
I heardverbG191
τὸνton
thearticleG3588
ἀριθμὸνarithmon
numbernounG706
αὐτῶνautōn
of thempronounG846
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Revelation 9:16

“And I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is in the presence of God, saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels.” That is, the four corners of the earth which hold the four winds. “Which are bound in the great river Euphrates.” By the corners of the earth, or the four winds across the river Euphrates, are meant four nations, because to every nation is sent an angel; as said the law, “He determined them by the number of the…

Victorinus of Pettau · 3rd century · Commentary on the Apocalypse
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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