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Revelation 8:5

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.

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καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andεἴληφενeilēphentookλαμβάνω (lambanō)verb, perfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “took”, a completed action with a present resultG2983(a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of.tookὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.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.τὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.λιβανωτόνlibanōtoncenserλιβανωτός (libanōtos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “censer”, the object formG3031a censer.the censerκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐγέμισενegemisenfilledγεμίζω (gemizō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “filled”, a single actionG1072I fill, load.filledαὐτὸνautonitαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “it”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.itἐκekwithἐκpreposition — “with”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.withτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.πυρὸςpurosfireπῦρ (pur)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “fire”, the of-formG4442fire; the heat of the sun, lightning; fig: strife, trials; the eternal fire.This verse uses “fire”.fireτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.θυσιαστηρίουthusiastēriouof the altarθυσιαστήριον (thusiastērion)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “of the altar”, the of-formG2379an altar (for sacrifice).of the altarκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἔβαλενebalencastβάλλω (ballō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “cast”, a single actionG906(a) I cast, throw, rush, (b) often, in the weaker sense: I place, put, drop.This verse uses “cast”.castεἰςeisit intoεἰςpreposition — “it into”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “into”.it intoτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.γῆνgēnearthγῆ (gē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “earth”, the object formG1093the earth, soil, land, region, country, inhabitants of a region.the earthκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐγένοντοegenontothere wereγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person plural — “there were”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.there wereβρονταὶbrontaithunderingsβροντή (brontē)noun, nominative, plural, feminine — “thunderings”, the subject formG1027thunder.thunderingsκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andφωναὶphōnaivoiceφωνή (phōnē)noun, nominative, plural, feminine — “voice”, the subject formG5456a sound, noise, voice, language, dialect.This verse uses “voice”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἀστραπαὶastrapailightningἀστραπή (astrapē)noun, nominative, plural, feminine — “lightning”, the subject formG796a flash of lightning, brightness, luster.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.σεισμόςseismosan earthquakeσεισμόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “an earthquake”, the subject formG4578a shaking (as an earthquake); a storm.This verse uses “an earthquake”.an earthquake

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and the messenger took the censer, and did fill it out of the fire of the altar, and did cast [it] to the earth, and there came voices, and thunders, and lightnings, and an earthquake.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the angel taketh the censer; and he filled it with the fire of the altar, and cast it upon the earth: and there followed thunders, and voices, and lightnings, and an earthquake.

Young’s Literal Translation

and the messenger took the censer, and did fill it out of the fire of the altar, and did cast [it] to the earth, and there came voices, and thunders, and lightnings, and an earthquake.

World English Bible

The angel took the censer, and he filled it with the fire of the altar, then threw it on the earth. Thunders, sounds, lightnings, and an earthquake followed.

Darby Translation

And the angel took the censer, and filled it from the fire of the altar, and cast [it] on the earth: and there were voices, and thunders and lightnings, and an earthquake.

Douay-Rheims

And the angel took the censer, and filled it with the fire of the altar, and cast it on the earth, and there were thunders and voices and lightnings, and a great earthquake.

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