Revelation

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Revelation 11:5a

Text: (NA27):

καὶ εἴ τις αὐτοὺς θέλει ἀδικῆσαι

Transliteration (Accordance):

καὶ εἴ τις αὐτοὺς θέλει ἀδικῆσαι

Translation (NRSV):

And if anyone wants to harm them

Grammatical Analysis (Zerwick/BDAG, meanings in this context):

ἀδικῆσαι : aorist infinitive of ἀδικέω damage.

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Revelation 11:5b

Text: (NA27):

πῦρ ἐκπορεύεται ἐκ τοῦ στόματος αὐτῶν καὶ κατεσθίει τοὺς ἐχθροὺς αὐτῶν

Transliteration (Accordance):

pyr ekporeuetai ek tou stomatos autōn kai katesthiei tous echthrous autōn

Translation (NRSV):

fire pours from their mouth and consumes their foes;

Grammatical Analysis (Zerwick/BDAG, meanings in this context):

ἐκπορεύομαι : come out, issue.
κατεσθίω : eat up, consume.
ἐχθρός : enemy.

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Revelation 11:5c

Text: (NA27):

καὶ εἴ τις θελήσῃ αὐτοὺς ἀδικῆσαι, οὕτως δεῖ αὐτὸν ἀποκτανθῆναι.

Transliteration (Accordance):

kai ei tis thelēsȩ̄ autous adikēsai, houtōs dei auton apoktanthēnai.

Translation (NRSV):

anyone who wants to harm them must be killed in this manner.

Grammatical Analysis (Zerwick/BDAG, meanings in this context):

θελήσῃ : aorist subjunctive of θέλω to have a desire for something, wish to have, desire, want τὶ something : εἰ with subjunctive for ἐάν.
οὕτως : referring to what precedes, in this manner.
δεῖ : to be under necessity of happening, it is necessary, one must, one has to, denoting compulsion of any kind.
ἀποκτανθῆναι : aorist passive infinitive of ἀποκτείνω kill.

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Revelation 11:6a

Text: (NA27):

οὗτοι ἔχουσιν τὴν ἐξουσίαν κλεῖσαι τὸν οὐρανόν

Transliteration (Accordance):

houtoi echousin tēn exousian kleisai ton ouranon

Translation (NRSV):

They have authority to shut the sky

Grammatical Analysis (Zerwick/BDAG, meanings in this context):

οὗτος, αὕτη, τοῦτο : as substantive, the person or thing comparatively near at hand in the discourse material, this, this one (contrast ἐκεῖνος referring to something comparatively farther away).
ἔχω : have.
ἐξουσία : authority.
κλεῖσαι : aorist infinitive of κλείω shut.
οὐρανός : the portion or portions of the universe generally distinguished from planet earth, heaven.

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Revelation 11:6b

Text: (NA27):

ἵνα μὴ ὑετὸς βρέχῃ τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς προφητείας αὐτῶν

Transliteration (Accordance):

hina mē hyetos brechȩ̄ tas hēmeras tēs prophēteias autōn

Translation (NRSV):

so that no rain may fall during the days of their prophesying

Grammatical Analysis (Zerwick/BDAG, meanings in this context):

ὑετός : rain.
βρέχῃ : subjunctive of βρέχω rain ; ἵνα μὴ ὑετὸς βρέχῃ that no rain may fall.
ἡμέρας : accusative (of duration) of ἡμέρα day.
προφητεία : prophecy ; prophesying.

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Revelation 11:6c

Text: (NA27):

καὶ ἐξουσίαν ἔχουσιν ἐπὶ τῶν ὑδάτων στρέφειν αὐτὰ εἰς αἷμα

Transliteration (Accordance):

kai exousian echousin epi tōn hydatōn strephein auta eis haima

Translation (NRSV):

and they have authority over the waters to turn them into blood

Grammatical Analysis (Zerwick/BDAG, meanings in this context):

στρέφειν : infinitive of στρέφω turn (something); στρέφω (τι) εἰς (τι) turn (something) into (something).

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Revelation 11:6d

Text: (NA27):

καὶ πατάξαι τὴν γῆν ἐν πάσῃ πληγῇ ὁσάκις ἐὰν θελήσωσιν.

Transliteration (Accordance):

kai pataxai tēn gēn en pasȩ̄ plēgȩ̄ hosakis ean thelēsōsin.

Translation (NRSV):

and to strike the earth with every kind of plague, as often as they desire.

Grammatical Analysis (Zerwick/BDAG, meanings in this context):

πατάξαι : aorist infinitive of πατάσσω strike.
ἐν : instrumental with.
πληγή : (< πλήσσω strike) wound ; metonymy, plague.
ὁσάκις ἐάν : with subjunctive as often as.
θελήσωσιν : aorist subjunctive θέλω wish, want, desire.

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Revelation 11:7a

Text: (NA27):

Καὶ ὅταν τελέσωσιν τὴν μαρτυρίαν αὐτῶν,

Transliteration (Accordance):

Kai hotan telesōsin tēn martyrian autōn

Translation (NRSV):

When they have finished their testimony

Grammatical Analysis (Zerwick/BDAG, meanings in this context):

ὅταν : with subjunctive when referring to future action.
τελέσωσιν : aorist subjunctive of τελέω complete, finish.
μαρτυρία : testimony.

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Revelation 11:7b

Text: (NA27):

τὸ θηρίον τὸ ἀναβαῖνον ἐκ τῆς ἀβύσσου ποιήσει μετ᾿ αὐτῶν πόλεμον

Transliteration (Accordance):

to thērion to anabainon ek tēs abyssou poiēsei met’ autōn polemon

Translation (NRSV):

the beast that comes up from the bottomless pit will make war on them

Grammatical Analysis (Zerwick/BDAG, meanings in this context):

θηρίον : beast.
ἀναβαῖνον : neuter participle of ἀναβαίνω to be in motion upward, go up, ascend.
ἄβυσσος, -ου, ἡ : abyss.
ποιήσει : future of ποιέω make.

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Revelation 11:7c

Text: (NA27):

καὶ νικήσει αὐτοὺς καὶ ἀποκτενεῖ αὐτούς.

Transliteration (Accordance):

kai nikēsei autous kai apoktenei autous.

Translation (NRSV):

and conquer them and kill them

Grammatical Analysis (Zerwick/BDAG, meanings in this context):

νικήσει : future of νικάω to win in the face of obstacles, be victor, conquer, overcome, prevail.
ἀποκτενεῖ : future of ἀποκτείνω kill.

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Revelation 11:8a

Text: (NA27):

καὶ τὸ πτῶμα αὐτῶν ἐπὶ τῆς πλατείας τῆς πόλεως τῆς μεγάλης

Transliteration (Accordance):

kai to ptōma autōn epi tēs plateias tēs poleōs tēs megalēs

Translation (NRSV):

and their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city

Grammatical Analysis (Zerwick/BDAG, meanings in this context):

πτῶμα : (< πίπτω fall) corpse.
πλατεῖα : feminine of πλατύς broad ; a square, main street.

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Revelation 11:8b

Text: (NA27):

ἥτις καλεῖται πνευματικῶς Σόδομα καὶ Αἴγυπτος

Transliteration (Accordance):

ἥτις καλεῖται πνευματικῶς Σόδομα καὶ Αἴγυπτος

Translation (NRSV):

that is prophetically called Sodom and Egypt

Grammatical Analysis (Zerwick/BDAG, meanings in this context):

ἥτις = η.
καλεῖται : passive of καλέω call.
πνευματικῶς : spiritually ; symbolically.

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Revelation 11:8c

Text: (NA27):

ὅπου καὶ ὁ κύριος αὐτῶν ἐσταυρώθη.

Transliteration (Accordance):

hopou kai ho kyrios autōn estaurōthē.

Translation (NRSV):

where also their Lord was crucified.

Grammatical Analysis (Zerwick/BDAG, meanings in this context):

ὅπου = marker of a position in space, where.
ἐσταυρώθη : aorist passive of σταυρόω crucify.

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Revelation 11:9a

Text: (NA27):

καὶ βλέπουσιν ἐκ τῶν λαῶν καὶ φυλῶν καὶ γλωσσῶν καὶ ἐθνῶν τὸ πτῶμα αὐτῶν ἡμέρας τρεῖς

Transliteration (Accordance):

kai blepousin ek tōn laōn kai phylōn kai glōssōn kai ethnōn to ptōma autōn hēmeras treis

Translation (NRSV):

For three and a half days members of the peoples and tribes and languages and nations will gaze at their dead bodies

Grammatical Analysis (Zerwick/BDAG, meanings in this context):

βλέπουσιν : future of βλέπω to perceive with the eye, see, gaze.
ἐκ τῶν λαῶν : sc. as subject τινές (men) from every people ...
φυλή : tribe.
γλῶσσα : tongue/language.
ἡμέρα : the period between sunrise and sunset, day.

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Revelation 11:9a

Text: (NA27):

καὶ βλέπουσιν ἐκ τῶν λαῶν καὶ φυλῶν καὶ γλωσσῶν καὶ ἐθνῶν τὸ πτῶμα αὐτῶν ἡμέρας τρεῖς

Transliteration (Accordance):

kai blepousin ek tōn laōn kai phylōn kai glōssōn kai ethnōn to ptōma autōn hēmeras treis

Translation (NRSV):

For three and a half days members of the peoples and tribes and languages and nations will gaze at their dead bodies

Grammatical Analysis (Zerwick/BDAG, meanings in this context):

βλέπουσιν : future of βλέπω to perceive with the eye, see, gaze.
ἐκ τῶν λαῶν : sc. as subject τινές (men) from every people ...
φυλή : tribe.
γλῶσσα : tongue/language.
πτῶμα : dead body, corpse.
ἡμέρα : the period between sunrise and sunset, day.
τρεῖς : three.