Revelation 18:10
New Testament • 16 words with Strong's data
"Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עָמַד
ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
מֶרְחָק
merchâq
remoteness, i.e. (concretely) a distant place; often (adverbially) from afar
יָרֵא
yârêʼ
to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
בָּבֶל
Bâbel
Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire
גִּבּוֹר
gibbôwr
powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
מִשְׁפָּט
mishpâṭ
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind...
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
Key Terms in This Verse
מֶרְחָק merchâq
remoteness, i.e. (concretely) a distant place; often (adverbially) from afar
Study H4801 →עָמַד ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
Study H5975 →בָּבֶל Bâbel
Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire
Study H894 →מִשְׁפָּט mishpâṭ
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the pla...
Study H4941 →Cross References
And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hou...
Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
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.
Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the LORD, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and suc...
Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.
And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.
And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.
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