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Revelation 9:1

And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.

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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.πέμπτοςpemptosfifthπέμπτοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “fifth”, the subject formG3991the fifth.the fifthἄγγελοςangelosangelἄγγελοςnoun, 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”.andεἶδονeidonseeὁράω (horáō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 1st person singular — “see”, a single actionG3708I see, look upon, experience, perceive, discern, beware.This verse uses “see”.Strong’s files this form under G1492 (εἴδω, see/know).I sawἀστέραasteraa starἀστήρ (astēr)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “a star”, the object formG792a star.a starἐκekfromἐκpreposition — “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.heavenπεπτωκόταpeptōkotato collapseπίπτω (piptō)verb, perfect active participle, accusative, singular, masculine — “to collapse”, a completed action with a present resultG4098I fall, fall under (as under condemnation), fall prostrate.εἰςeisuntoεἰςpreposition — “unto”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.untoτὴνtēntheὁ (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”.andἐδόθηedothēwas givenδίδωμι (didōmi)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “was given”, a single actionG1325I offer, give; I put, place.was givenαὐτῷautōheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “he”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ἡhētheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.κλεὶςkleiskeyκλείςnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “key”, the subject formG2807a key.the keyτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.φρέατοςphreatospitφρέαρ (phrear)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “pit”, the of-formG5421a pit, well, cistern.pitτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀβύσσουabussouabyssἄβυσσος (abussos)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “abyss”, the of-formG12the abyss, unfathomable depth, an especially Jewish conception, the home of the dead and of evil spirits.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And the fifth messenger did sound, and I saw a star out of the heaven having fallen to the earth, and there was given to it the key of the pit of the abyss,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from heaven fallen unto the earth: and there was given to him the key of the pit of the abyss.

Young’s Literal Translation

And the fifth messenger did sound, and I saw a star out of the heaven having fallen to the earth, and there was given to it the key of the pit of the abyss,

World English Bible

The fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from the sky which had fallen to the earth. The key to the pit of the abyss was given to him.

Darby Translation

And the fifth angel sounded [his] trumpet: and I saw a star out of the heaven fallen to the earth; and there was given to it the key of the pit of the abyss.

Douay-Rheims

And the fifth angel sounded the trumpet, and I saw a star fall from heaven upon the earth, and there was given to him the key of the bottomless pit.

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