Revelation 9:3
New Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
עָשָׁן
ʻâshân
smoke, literally or figuratively (vapor, dust, anger)
אַרְבֶּה
ʼarbeh
a locust (from its rapid increase)
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
כֹּחַ
kôach
vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
מַעֲלֵה עַקְרַבִּים
Maʻălêh ʻAqrabbîym
Steep of Scorpions, a place in the Desert
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
כֹּחַ
kôach
vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
Key Terms in This Verse
מַעֲלֵה עַקְרַבִּים Maʻălêh ʻAqrabbîym
Steep of Scorpions, a place in the Desert
Study H4610 →כֹּחַ kôach
vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
Study H3581 →כֹּחַ kôach
vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
Study H3581 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →Cross References
And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.
Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for mu...
And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them.
And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed...
There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts.
Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they a...
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