Revelation 17:5

New Testament • 10 words with Strong's data

"And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And upon her

מֵצַח

mêtsach

H4696

the forehead (as open and prominent)

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was a

שֵׁם

shêm

H8034

an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character

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כָּתַב

kâthab

H3789

to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)

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רָז

râz

H7328

to attenuate, i.e. (figuratively) hide; a mystery

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בָּבֶל

Bâbel

H894

Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire

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THE

גָּדוֹל

gâdôwl

H1419

great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent

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THE

אֵם

ʼêm

H517

a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))

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OF

זָנָה

zânâh

H2181

to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (...

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AND

תּוֹעֵבַה

tôwʻêbah

H8441

properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol

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OF THE

אֶרֶץ

ʼerets

H776

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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Key Terms in This Verse

HARLOTS H2181

זָנָה zânâh

to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of ...

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forehead H4696

מֵצַח mêtsach

the forehead (as open and prominent)

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MYSTERY H7328

רָז râz

to attenuate, i.e. (figuratively) hide; a mystery

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ABOMINATIONS H8441

תּוֹעֵבַה tôwʻêbah

properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol

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written H3789

כָּתַב kâthab

to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)

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BABYLON H894

בָּבֶל Bâbel

Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire

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MOTHER H517

אֵם ʼêm

a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))

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name H8034

שֵׁם shêm

an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character

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GREAT H1419

גָּדוֹל gâdôwl

great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent

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EARTH H776

אֶרֶץ ʼerets

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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Cross References

Revelation 14:8 cross-reference

And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.

Revelation 18:2 cross-reference

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 ha...

Revelation 17:7 cross-reference

And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.

2 Thessalonians 2:7 cross-reference

For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.

Isaiah 3:9 cross-reference

The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.

Revelation 19:2 cross-reference

For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.

Revelation 16:19 cross-reference

And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wra...

Revelation 18:21 cross-reference

And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.

Philippians 3:19 cross-reference

Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

Revelation 11:8 cross-reference

And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

Revelation 7:3 cross-reference

Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.

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