Revelation 20:3
New Testament • 16 words with Strong's data
"And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁלַךְ
shâlak
to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
ἄβυσσος
ábyssos
depthless, i.e. (specially) (infernal) "abyss"
בּוֹר
bôwr
a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)
סָגַר
çâgar
to shut up; figuratively, to surrender
שׂוּם
sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
נָשָׁא
nâshâʼ
to lead astray, i.e. (mentally) to delude, or (morally) to seduce
גּוֹי
gôwy
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
עַד
ʻad
{as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)}
אֶלֶף
ʼeleph
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
שָׁנֶה
shâneh
a year (as a revolution of time)
מָלֵא
mâlêʼ
to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
פָּתַח
pâthach
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
מְעַט
mᵉʻaṭ
a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)
מוֹעֵד
môwʻêd
properly, an appointment, i.e. a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally ayear; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a ...
Key Terms in This Verse
נָשָׁא nâshâʼ
to lead astray, i.e. (mentally) to delude, or (morally) to seduce
Study H5377 →פָּתַח pâthach
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
Study H6605 →מוֹעֵד môwʻêd
properly, an appointment, i.e. a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally ayear; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a definite purpose); technically the congregation; b...
Study H4150 →מָלֵא mâlêʼ
to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
Study H4390 →עַד ʻad
{as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)}
Study H5705 →Cross References
The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book o...
And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
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.
And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.
But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.
For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
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.
And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to ...
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