Revelation 9 - Lake Erie Bible Church

Chapter 9
THE REVELATION TO JOHN
EXEGESIS VERSES 7 – 11:
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Revelation 9:7 K a i . t a . o ` m o i w , m a t a t w / n a v k r i , d w n o [ m o i a i [ p p o i j h ` t o i m a s m e , n o i j e i v j
po,lemon( kai. evpi. ta.j kefala.j auvtw/n w`j ste,fanoi o[moioi crusw/|( kai. ta. pro,swpa
a u v t w / n w ` j p r o ,swpa avnqrw,pwn(
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Revelation 9:7 And the appearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for
battle; Kai, (cc/cs) t a . t o , o ` m o i w , m a t a o ` m o i , w m a (d.a. + n-nn-p; "the outward
form/appearance/resemblance") tw/n h` avkri,dwn avkri,j (d.a. + n-gf-p; "of the locusts")
o[moia o[moioj (a--nn-p; "was like/similar/of the same nature as") i[ppoij i[ppoj (n-dm-p;
"horses") h`toimasme,noij e`toima,zw (adj.ptc./PF/p/dm-p; "having been prepared/made
ready for") eivj (pa) po,lemon( po,lemoj (n-am-s; "battle/war/armed conflict") and on
their heads, as it were, (corrected) wreaths like gold, and their faces were like the
faces of men. kai, (cc) e v p i , (pa; "upon") auvtw/n auvto,j (npgf3p; "their"; note feminine
gender) t a . j h ` k e f a l a . j k e f a l h , (d.a. + n-af-p; "heads") w`j (comp. conj.; "like/as it
were") ste,fanoi ste,fanoj (n-nm-p; "wreaths") o[moioi o[moioj (a--nm-p;
"resembling/like") crusw/|( cruso,j (n-dm-s; "gold") kai, (cc) a u v t w / n a u v t o , j (npgf3p;
"their"; again note feminine gender) ta. t o , p r o . s w p a p r o , s w p o n (d.a. + n-nn-p; "faces";
neuter gender = natural gender as spirit beings) w`j
p r o , s w p o n (n-nn-p) a v n q r w , p w n ( a ; n q r w p o j (n-gm-p)
(comp. conj.; "as like") pro,swpa
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Revelation 9:8 k a i . e i = c o n t r i , c a j w ` j t r i , c a j g u n a i k w / n ( k a i . o i ` o v d o , n t e j a u v t w / n w ` j
l e o , n t w n h = s a n (
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Revelation 9:8 And they had hair like the hair of women, and their teeth were
like the teeth of lions. kai, (cc) ei=con e;cw (viIPFa--3p) t r i , c a j q r i , x (n-af-p; "hair") w`j
(comp.conj.) tri,caj qri,x (n-af-p) gunaikw/n( gunh, (n-gf-p; "of women") kai, (cc) auvtw/n
a u v t o , j (npgf3p; feminine gender) oi` o` ovdo,ntej ovdou,j (d.a. + n-nm-p; "teeth") h=san( eivmi,
(viIPFa--3p) w ` j (comp.conj.) l e o , n t w n l e , w n (n-gm-p; "lions")
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Revelation 9:9 k a i . e i = c on q w , r a k a j w ` j q w , r a k a j s i d h r o u / j ( k a i . h ` f w n h . t w / n
p t e r u , g w n a u v t w / n w ` j f w n h . a ` r m a , t w n i [ p p w n p o l l w / n t r e c o , n t w n e i v j p o , l e m o n (
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Revelation 9:9 And they had breastplates like breastplates of iron; kai, (cc)
ei=con e;cw (viIPFa--3p) q w , r a k a j q w , r a x (n-am-p; "breastplates/protective chest armor")
w ` j (comp.conj.) q w , r a k a j q w , r a x (n-am-p) sidhrou/j( (a--am-p; "iron") and the sound
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