Revelation

Revelation 9:5

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.

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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

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.