Revelation

Revelation 9:5–6

⁵The locusts were not given power to kill them, but only to torment them for five months, and their torment was like the stinging of a scorpion. ⁶In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will escape them.

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Revelation 9:5

English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
were not given power	ἐδόθη	edothē	Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular	G1325 I offer, give
to	ἵνα	hina	Conjunction	G2443 in order that, so that
kill	ἀποκτείνωσιν	apokteinōsin	Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Plural	G615 I put to death, kill
them	αὐτούς	autous	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural	G846 he, she, it, they, them, same
but only	ἀλλ’	all’	Conjunction	G235 but, except
to	ἵνα	hina	Conjunction	G2443 in order that, so that
torment	βασανισθήσονται	basanisthēsontai	Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural	G928 I torment, torture, buffet
five	πέντε	pente	Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural	G4002 five
months	μῆνας	mēnas	Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural	G3376 a month
and	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
their	αὐτῶν	autōn	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Feminine 3rd Person Plural	G846 he, she, it, they, them, same
torment	βασανισμὸς	basanismos	Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G929 torture, torment
like	ὡς	hōs	Adverb	G5613 as, like as, how, while, so that
the stinging	παίσῃ	paisē	Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular	G3817 I strike, smite
of a scorpion	σκορπίου	skorpiou	Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular	G4651 a scorpion

Revelation 9:6

English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
In	ἐν	en	Preposition	G1722 in, on, among
those	ἐκείναις	ekeinais	Demonstrative Pronoun - Dative Feminine Plural	G1565 that, that one there, yonder
days	ἡμέραις	hēmerais	Noun - Dative Feminine Plural	G2250 a day
men	ἄνθρωποι	anthrōpoi	Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural	G444 a man, one of the human race
will seek	ζητήσουσιν	zētēsousin	Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural	G2212 I seek, search for, desire
death	θάνατον	thanaton	Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular	G2288 death
and	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
will not find	εὑρήσουσιν	heurēsousin	Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural	G2147 I find
it	αὐτόν	auton	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular	G846 he, she, it, they, them, same
they will long	ἐπιθυμήσουσιν	epithymēsousin	Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural	G1937 I long for, covet, lust after
to die	ἀποθανεῖν	apothanein	Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active	G599 I am dying, am about to die
death	θάνατος	thanatos	Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G2288 death
will escape	φεύγει	pheugei	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G5343 I flee, escape, shun
them	αὐτῶν	autōn	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural	G846 he, she, it, they, them, same

Cross-references

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Revelation 9:5 Revelation 9:10 · Job 2:6 · Revelation 9:3

Revelation 9:6 Jeremiah 8:3 · Luke 23:30 · Revelation 6:16 · Isaiah 2:19 · Hosea 10:8 · Job 7:15–16 · Job 3:20–22 · 2 Samuel 1:9

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.