Revelation 18:23

New Testament • 14 words with Strong's data

"And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And the

אוֹר

ʼôwr

H216

illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)

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of a

נִיר

nîyr

H5216

a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light (literally or figuratively)

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shall

אוֹר

ʼôwr

H215

to be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically)

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no more at all in thee and the

קוֹל

qôwl

H6963

a voice or sound

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of the

חָתָן

châthân

H2860

a relative by marriage (especially through the bride); figuratively, a circumcised child (as a species of religious espousal)

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and of the

כַּלָּה

kallâh

H3618

a bride (as if perfect); hence, a son's wife

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shall be

שָׁמַע

shâmaʻ

H8085

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

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no more at all in thee for thy

רָכַל

râkal

H7402

to travel for trading

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were the

גָּדוֹל

gâdôwl

H1419

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

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אֱנוֹשׁ

ʼĕnôwsh

H582

a man in general (singly or collectively)

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of the

אֶרֶץ

ʼerets

H776

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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for by thy

φαρμακεία

pharmakeía

G5331

medication ("pharmacy"), i.e. (by extension) magic (literally or figuratively)

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were all

גּוֹי

gôwy

H1471

a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts

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פָּתָה

pâthâh

H6601

to open, i.e. be (causatively, make) roomy; usually figuratively (in a mental or moral sense) to be (causatively, make) simple or (in a sinister way) ...

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Key Terms in This Verse

sorceries G5331

φαρμακεία pharmakeía

medication ("pharmacy"), i.e. (by extension) magic (literally or figuratively)

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bride H3618

כַּלָּה kallâh

a bride (as if perfect); hence, a son's wife

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candle H5216

נִיר nîyr

a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light (literally or figuratively)

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bridegroom H2860

חָתָן châthân

a relative by marriage (especially through the bride); figuratively, a circumcised child (as a species of religious espousal)

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merchants H7402

רָכַל râkal

to travel for trading

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shine H215

אוֹר ʼôwr

to be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically)

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deceived H6601

פָּתָה pâthâh

to open, i.e. be (causatively, make) roomy; usually figuratively (in a mental or moral sense) to be (causatively, make) simple or (in a sinister way) delude

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light H216

אוֹר ʼôwr

illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)

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nations H1471

גּוֹי gôwy

a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts

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voice H6963

קוֹל qôwl

a voice or sound

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Cross References

Revelation 18:3 cross-reference

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 abunda...

Nahum 3:4 cross-reference

Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.

Isaiah 23:8 cross-reference

Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?

Jeremiah 7:34 cross-reference

Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the ...

Revelation 22:15 cross-reference

For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

Job 21:17 cross-reference

How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.

Jeremiah 16:9 cross-reference

For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bri...

2 Kings 9:22 cross-reference

And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?

Proverbs 24:20 cross-reference

For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.

Revelation 18:9 cross-reference

And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,

Revelation 17:5 cross-reference

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

Isaiah 47:9 cross-reference

But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great...

Acts 8:11 cross-reference

And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.

Revelation 18:22 cross-reference

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...

Revelation 12:9 cross-reference

And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

Revelation 17:2 cross-reference

With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.

Revelation 21:8 cross-reference

But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimst...

Revelation 22:5 cross-reference

And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.

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