Revelation 8:12
New Testament • 22 words with Strong's data
"And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise."
Word-by-Word Analysis
רְבִיעִי
rᵉbîyʻîy
fourth; also (fractionally) a fourth
מֲלְאָךְ
mălʼâk
a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
שְׁלִישִׁי
shᵉlîyshîy
third; feminine athird (part); by extension, a third (day, year or time); specifically, a third-story cell)
חֵלֶק
chêleq
properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment
שֶׁמֶשׁ
shemesh
the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement
נָכָה
nâkâh
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
שְׁלִישִׁי
shᵉlîyshîy
third; feminine athird (part); by extension, a third (day, year or time); specifically, a third-story cell)
חֵלֶק
chêleq
properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment
שְׁלִישִׁי
shᵉlîyshîy
third; feminine athird (part); by extension, a third (day, year or time); specifically, a third-story cell)
חֵלֶק
chêleq
properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment
כּוֹכָב
kôwkâb
a star (as round or as shining); figuratively, a prince
שְׁלִישִׁי
shᵉlîyshîy
third; feminine athird (part); by extension, a third (day, year or time); specifically, a third-story cell)
חֵלֶק
chêleq
properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
קָרַן
qâran
to shoot out horns; figuratively, rays
שְׁלִישִׁי
shᵉlîyshîy
third; feminine athird (part); by extension, a third (day, year or time); specifically, a third-story cell)
חֵלֶק
chêleq
properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment
לַיִל
layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
יַחַד
yachad
properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly
Key Terms in This Verse
שֶׁמֶשׁ shemesh
the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement
Study H8121 →שְׁלִישִׁי shᵉlîyshîy
third; feminine athird (part); by extension, a third (day, year or time); specifically, a third-story cell)
Study H7992 →Cross References
For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
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:
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;
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:
And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.
By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it wa...
And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
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.
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:
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:
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