King James Version
Revelation 18:1 in the King James Version says “And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with h...” — study this verse from Revelation chapter 18 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.”
Revelation 18:1 · KJV
And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. abundance: or, power
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“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“after”
G3326properly, denoting accompaniment; "amid" (local or causal); modified variously according to the case (genitive association, or accusative succession)
“I saw”
G1492used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent g3700 and g3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by impl
“angel”
G32compare g0034) (to bring tidings); a messenger; especially an "angel"; by implication, a pastor
“from”
G1537a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause literal or figurative; direct
“heaven”
G3772the sky; by extension, heaven (as the abode of god); by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the gospel (christianity)
“having”
G2192to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or conditio
“power”
G1849privilege, i.e., (subjectively) force, capacity, competency, freedom, or (objectively) mastery (concretely, magistrate, superhuman, potentate, token o
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“the earth”
G1093soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe (including the occupants in each application)
“was lightened”
G5461to shed rays, i.e., to shine or (transitively) to brighten up (literally or figuratively)
“from”
G1537a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause literal or figurative; direct
“glory”
G1391glory (as very apparent), in a wide application (literal or figurative, objective or subjective)
“his”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
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