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Revelation 9:5 — King James Version← Study notes

And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.


Revelation 9:5Greek Interlinear

Greek · Revelation 9:522 words
GreekMeaning
καὶkai
AndwordG2532
ἐδόθηedothē
it was grantedverbG1325
αὐτοῖςautois
thempronounG846
ἵναhina
thatwordG2443
μὴ
notadverbG3361
ἀποκτείνωσινapokteinōsin
they may killverbG615
αὐτούςautous
of thempronounG846
ἀλλ’all’
butwordG235
ἵναhina
thatwordG2443
βασανισθήσονταιbasanisthēsontai
pain, toil, tormentverbG928
μῆναςmēnas
+ surelynounG3375
πέντεpente
fiveadjectiveG4002
καὶkai
AndwordG2532
ho
thearticleG3588
βασανισμὸςbasanismos
tormentnounG929
αὐτῶνautōn
he / she / it / samepronounG846
ὡςhōs
was likewordG5613
βασανισμὸςbasanismos
tormentnounG929
σκορπίουskorpiou
of a scorpionnounG4651
ὅτανhotan
whenwordG3752
παίσῃpaisē
it may strikeverbG3817
ἄνθρωπονanthrōpon
a mannounG444
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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