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Revelation 18:21

And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “a millstone” (μύλινον) before great here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “a millstone” (μύλον) before great here.

ΚαὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἦρενērentook upαἴρω (airō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “took up”, a single actionG142I raise, lift up, take away, remove.took upεἷςheisoneεἷςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “one”, the subject formG1520one.ἄγγελοςangelosangelἄγγελοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “angel”, the subject formG32a messenger, generally a (supernatural) messenger from God, an angel, conveying news or behests from God to men.ἰσχυρὸςischurosstrongἰσχυρόςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “strong”, the subject formG2478strong (originally and generally of physical strength); mighty, powerful, vehement, sure.This verse uses “strong”.λίθονlithona stoneλίθος (lithos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “a stone”, the object formG3037a stone; met: of Jesus as the chief stone in a building.a stoneὡςhōslikeὡςconjunction — “like”G5613as, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that.likeμύλινονmulinonmillstoneμύλινος (mulinos)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “millstone”, the object formG6061millmillstoneμέγανmeganthat greatμέγας (megas)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “that great”, the object formG3173large, great, in the widest sense.This verse uses “great”.that greatκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἔβαλενebalento throwβάλλω (ballō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to throw”, a single actionG906(a) I cast, throw, rush, (b) often, in the weaker sense: I place, put, drop.This verse uses “throw”.εἰςeistowardεἰςpreposition — “toward”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.τὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.θάλασσανthalassanseaθάλασσα (thalassa)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “sea”, the object formG2281(a) the sea, in contrast to the land, (b) a particular sea or lake, e.g. the sea of Galilee (Tiberias), the Red Sea.λέγωνlegōnto speakλέγω (legō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to speak”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “speak”.Οὕτωςhoutōsthusοὕτω(ς)adverb — “thus”G3779thus, so, in this manner.This verse uses “thus”.ὁρμήματιhormēmatisudden violenceὅρμημα (hormēma)noun, dative, singular, neuter — “sudden violence”, the to- or for-formG3731a rushing on, impulse, violence.βληθήσεταιblēthēsetaito throwβάλλω (ballō)verb, future passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “to throw”, an action still aheadG906(a) I cast, throw, rush, (b) often, in the weaker sense: I place, put, drop.This verse uses “throw”.ΒαβυλὼνbabulōnBabylonΒαβυλώνnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “Babylon”, the subject formG897(a) Babylon, the ancient city on the Euphrates, to which the people of Jerusalem, etc., were transported, (b) hence allegorically of Rome, from the point of view of the Christian people.ἡhētheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.μεγάληmegalēgreatμέγας (megas)adjective, nominative, singular, feminine — “great”, the subject formG3173large, great, in the widest sense.This verse uses “great”.πόλιςpoliscityπόλιςnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “city”, the subject formG4172a city, the inhabitants of a city.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.οὐounoοὐadverb — “no”G3756no, not.μὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.εὑρεθῇheurethēshall be foundεὑρίσκω (heuriskō)verb, aorist passive subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “shall be found”, a single actionG2147I find, learn, discover, especially after searching.shall be foundἔτιetiat allἔτιadverb — “at all”G2089(a) of time: still, yet, even now, (b) of degree: even, further, more, in addition.at all

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μύλονmulonmillstoneμύλος (mulos)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “millstone”, the object formG3458a millstone, mill.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And one strong messenger did take up a stone as a great millstone, and did cast [it] to the sea, saying, 'Thus with violence shall Babylon be cast, the great city, and may not be found any more at all;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And a strong angel took up a stone as it were a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with a mighty fall shall Babylon, the great city, be cast down, and shall be found no more at all.

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World English Bible

A mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying, “Thus with violence will Babylon, the great city, be thrown down, and will be found no more at all.

Darby Translation

And a strong angel took up a stone, as a great millstone, and cast [it] into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall Babylon the great city be cast down, and shall be found no more at all;

Douay-Rheims

And a mighty angel took up a stone, as it were a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying: With such violence as this shall Babylon, that great city, be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.

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