Revelation 18:21
New Testament • 17 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
גִּבּוֹר
gibbôwr
powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
מֲלְאָךְ
mălʼâk
a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
רֶכֶב
rekeb
a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. the upper millstone
שָׁלַךְ
shâlak
to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
יָם
yâm
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif...
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
חָמָס
châmâç
violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain
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
רָמָה
râmâh
to hurl; specifically, to shoot; figuratively, to delude or betray (as if causing to fall)
מָצָא
mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
Key Terms in This Verse
רֶכֶב rekeb
a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. the upper millstone
Study H7393 →רָמָה râmâh
to hurl; specifically, to shoot; figuratively, to delude or betray (as if causing to fall)
Study H7411 →מֲלְאָךְ mălʼâk
a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
Study H4397 →בָּבֶל Bâbel
Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire
Study H894 →יָם yâm
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the sou...
Study H3220 →מָצָא mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
Study H4672 →Cross References
I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more: though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord GOD.
And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sou...
Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found.
And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.
And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:
Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
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.
The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone.
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