Revelation 6:12

New Testament • 15 words with Strong's data

"And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;"

Word-by-Word Analysis

And I

רָאָה

râʼâh

H7200

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

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when he had

פָּתַח

pâthach

H6605

to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve

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the

שִׁשִּׁי

shishshîy

H8345

sixth, ord. or (feminine) fractional

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חָתַם

châtham

H2856

to close up; especially to seal

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and

אֲרוּ

ʼărûw

H718

lo!

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there was a

גָּדוֹל

gâdôwl

H1419

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

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רַעַשׁ

raʻash

H7494

vibration, bounding, uproar

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and the

שֶׁמֶשׁ

shemesh

H8121

the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement

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הָוָא

hâvâʼ

H1934

to exist; used in a great variety of applications (especially in connection with other words)

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שָׁחֹר

shâchôr

H7838

properly, dusky, but also (absol.) jetty

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as

שַׂק

saq

H8242

properly, a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e. coarse loose cloth or sacking (used in mourning and for bagging); hence, a bag (for grain...

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of

שֵׂעָר

sêʻâr

H8181

hair (as if tossed or bristling)

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and the

יָרֵחַ

yârêach

H3394

the moon

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הָוָא

hâvâʼ

H1934

to exist; used in a great variety of applications (especially in connection with other words)

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as

דָּם

dâm

H1818

blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe...

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Key Terms in This Verse

earthquake H7494

רַעַשׁ raʻash

vibration, bounding, uproar

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black H7838

שָׁחֹר shâchôr

properly, dusky, but also (absol.) jetty

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seal H2856

חָתַם châtham

to close up; especially to seal

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sackcloth H8242

שַׂק saq

properly, a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e. coarse loose cloth or sacking (used in mourning and for bagging); hence, a bag (for grain, etc.)

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sixth H8345

שִׁשִּׁי shishshîy

sixth, ord. or (feminine) fractional

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moon H3394

יָרֵחַ yârêach

the moon

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beheld H7200

רָאָה râʼâh

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

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hair H8181

שֵׂעָר sêʻâr

hair (as if tossed or bristling)

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became H1934

הָוָא hâvâʼ

to exist; used in a great variety of applications (especially in connection with other words)

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became H1934

הָוָא hâvâʼ

to exist; used in a great variety of applications (especially in connection with other words)

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Cross References

Matthew 24:29 cross-reference

Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

Joel 2:10 cross-reference

The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:

Joel 3:15 cross-reference

The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.

Amos 8:9 cross-reference

And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:

Revelation 16:18 cross-reference

And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.

Isaiah 50:3 cross-reference

I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.

Revelation 11:13 cross-reference

And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God ...

Isaiah 29:6 cross-reference

Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.

Revelation 8:5 cross-reference

And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.

Isaiah 24:23 cross-reference

Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.

Matthew 24:7 cross-reference

For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.

Matthew 27:45 cross-reference

Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.

Mark 15:33 cross-reference

And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.

Matthew 27:54 cross-reference

Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.

Matthew 28:2 cross-reference

And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.

Zechariah 14:5 cross-reference

And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Ju...

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