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Revelation 8:10

And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;

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ΚαὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.τρίτοςtritosthirdτρίτοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “third”, the subject formG5154third.the thirdἄγγελοςangelosangelἄγγελοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “angel”, the subject formG32a messenger, generally a (supernatural) messenger from God, an angel, conveying news or behests from God to men.angelἐσάλπισενesalpisensoundedσαλπίζω (salpizō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “sounded”, a single actionG4537I sound a trumpet.soundedκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἔπεσενepesenthere fellπίπτω (piptō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “there fell”, a single actionG4098I fall, fall under (as under condemnation), fall prostrate.there fellἐκekfromἐκpreposition — “from”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.This verse uses “from”.fromτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.οὐρανοῦouranouheavenοὐρανός (ouranos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “heaven”, the of-formG3772heaven, (a) the visible heavens: the atmosphere, the sky, the starry heavens, (b) the spiritual heavens.heavenἀστὴρastērstarἀστήρnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “star”, the subject formG792a star.μέγαςmegasgreatμέγαςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “great”, the subject formG3173large, great, in the widest sense.This verse uses “great”.καιόμενοςkaiomenosburningκαίω (kaiō)verb, present passive participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “burning”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2545I ignite, light, burn, lit. and met; I consume with fire.burningὡςhōsas it wereὡςconjunction — “as it were”G5613as, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that.as it wereλαμπάςlampasa lampλαμπάςnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “a lamp”, the subject formG2985a torch, lamp, lantern.This verse uses “lamp”.a lampκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἔπεσενepesenit fellπίπτω (piptō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “it fell”, a single actionG4098I fall, fall under (as under condemnation), fall prostrate.it fellἐπὶepiuponἐπίpreposition — “upon”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.uponτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.τρίτονtritonthird partτρίτος (tritos)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “third part”, the object formG5154third.the third partτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ποταμῶνpotamōnof the riversποταμός (potamos)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “of the rivers”, the of-formG4215a river, torrent, stream.of the riversκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐπὶepiuponἐπίpreposition — “upon”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.uponτὰςtastheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πηγὰςpēgasfountainsπηγή (pēgē)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “fountains”, the object formG4077a fountain, spring, well, issue, flow.the fountainsτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ὑδάτωνhudatōnof watersὕδωρ (hudōr)noun, genitive, plural, neuter — “of waters”, the of-formG5204water.of waters

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And the third messenger did sound, and there fell out of the heaven a great star, burning as a lamp, and it did fall upon the third of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the third angel sounded, and there fell from heaven a great star, burning as a torch, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of the waters;

Young’s Literal Translation

And the third messenger did sound, and there fell out of the heaven a great star, burning as a lamp, and it did fall upon the third of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters,

World English Bible

The third angel sounded, and a great star fell from the sky, burning like a torch, and it fell on one third of the rivers, and on the springs of water.

Darby Translation

And the third angel sounded [his] trumpet: and there fell out of the heaven a great star, burning as a torch, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters.

Douay-Rheims

And the third angel sounded the trumpet, and a great star fell from heaven, burning as it were a torch, and it fell on the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters:

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