King James Version
Revelation 9:10 in the King James Version says “And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five month...” — study this verse from Revelation chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.”
Revelation 9:10 · KJV
And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon. Apollyon: that is to say, A destroyer
One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter .
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“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“they had”
G2192to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or conditio
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“stings”
G2759a point ("center"), i.e., a sting (figuratively, poison) or goad (figuratively, divine impulse)
“their”
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
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“power”
G1849privilege, i.e., (subjectively) force, capacity, competency, freedom, or (objectively) mastery (concretely, magistrate, superhuman, potentate, token o
“their”
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
“was to hurt”
G91to be unjust, i.e., (actively) do wrong (morally, socially or physically)
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