Revelation
Revelation 18:23
23The light of a lamp
will never shine in you again,
and the voices of a bride and bridegroom
will never call out in you again.
For your merchants were the great ones of the earth,
because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.”
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| light | φῶς | phōs | Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular | G5457 light, a source of light |
| of a lamp | λύχνου | lychnou | Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular | G3088 a lamp |
| will never shine | φάνῃ | phanē | Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular | G5316 I shine, appear, seem |
| in | ἐν | en | Preposition | G1722 in, on, among |
| you | σοὶ | soi | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Singular | G4771 you |
| again | ἔτι | eti | Adverb | G2089 still, yet, even now |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| voices | φωνὴ | phōnē | Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular | G5456 a sound, noise, voice |
| of a bride | νύμφης | nymphēs | Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular | G3565 a bride, daughter-in-law |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| bridegroom | νυμφίου | nymphiou | Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular | G3566 a bridegroom |
| will never call out | ἀκουσθῇ | akousthē | Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 3rd Person Singular | G191 I hear, listen |
| in | ἐν | en | Preposition | G1722 in, on, among |
| you | σοὶ | soi | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Singular | G4771 you |
| again | ἔτι | eti | Adverb | G2089 still, yet, even now |
| For | ὅτι | hoti | Conjunction | G3754 that, since, because |
| your | σου | sou | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular | G4771 you |
| merchants | ἔμποροί | emporoi | Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural | G1713 a merchant, trader |
| were | ἦσαν | ēsan | Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural | G1510 I am, exist |
| the | οἱ | hoi | Article - Nominative Masculine Plural | G3588 the |
| great ones | μεγιστᾶνες | megistanes | Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural | G3175 a great one, a lord |
| of the | τῆς | tēs | Article - Genitive Feminine Singular | G3588 the |
| earth | γῆς | gēs | Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular | G1093 the earth, soil, land |
| because | ὅτι | hoti | Conjunction | G3754 that, since, because |
| all | πάντα | panta | Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural | G3956 all, the whole, every kind of |
| the | τὰ | ta | Article - Nominative Neuter Plural | G3588 the |
| nations | ἔθνη | ethnē | Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural | G1484 a race, people, the Gentiles |
| were deceived | ἐπλανήθησαν | eplanēthēsan | Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural | G4105 I lead astray, deceive |
| by | ἐν | en | Preposition | G1722 in, on, among |
| your | σου | sou | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular | G4771 you |
| sorcery | φαρμακείᾳ | pharmakeia | Noun - Dative Feminine Singular | G5331 magic, sorcery, enchantment |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Revelation 18:3 · Nahum 3:4 · Isaiah 23:8 · Jeremiah 7:34 · Revelation 22:15 · 2 Kings 9:22 · Job 21:17 · Revelation 18:11–19 · Revelation 18:9 · Proverbs 24:20 · Ezekiel 27:33–34 · Proverbs 4:18–19
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.