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Revelation 18:21 - Angel

Revelation 18:21 - And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.

Verse	Strongs No.	Greek	Strongs Definition
And	G2532	καί	[Conjunction] and also: even so: then too etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
a	G1520	εἷς	a primary numeral; one
mighty	G2478	ἰσχυρός	[Adjective] forcible (literally or figuratively)
angel	G32	ἄγγελος	[Noun Masculine] compare G34; to bring tidings); a messenger; especially an angel; by implication a pastor
took up	G142	αἴρω	[Verb] to lift; by implication to take up or away; figuratively to raise (the voice) keep in suspense (the mind); specifically to sail away (that is weigh anchor); by Hebraism (compare [H5375]) to expiate sin
a	G1520	εἷς	a primary numeral; one
stone	G3037	λίθος	[Noun Masculine] a stone (literally or figuratively)
like	G5613	ὡς	[Adverb] which how that is in that manner (very variously used as shown)
a	G1520	εἷς	a primary numeral; one
great	G3173	μέγας	[Adjective] compare also G3176 G3187]: big (literally or figuratively in a very wide application)
millstone	G3458	μύλος	[Noun Masculine] a mill that is (by implication) a grinder (millstone)
and	G2532	καί	[Conjunction] and also: even so: then too etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
cast	G906	βάλλω	[Verb] to throw (in various applications more or less violent or intense)
it into	G1519	εἰς	[Preposition] to or into (indicating the point reached or entered) of place time or (figuratively) purpose (result etc.); also in adverbial phrases.
the	G3588	ὁ	the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied at others omitted in English idiom)
sea	G2281	θάλασσα	[Noun Feminine] the sea (generally or specifically)
saying	G3004	λέγω	[Verb] properly to lay forth that is (figuratively) relate (in words [usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas G2036 and G5346 generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; while G4483 is properly to break silence merely and G2980 means an extended or random harangue]); by implication to mean
Thus	G3779	οὕτω	[Adverb] in this way (referring to what precedes or follows)
with violence	G3731	ὅρμημα	[Noun Neuter] an attack that is (abstractly) precipitancy
shall that great	G3173	μέγας	[Adjective] compare also G3176 G3187]: big (literally or figuratively in a very wide application)
city	G4172	πόλις	[Noun Feminine] a town (properly with walls of greater or less size)
Babylon	G897	Βαβυλών	[Noun Location] Babylon the capital of Chaldaea (literally or figuratively as a type of tyranny)
be thrown down	G906	βάλλω	[Verb] to throw (in various applications more or less violent or intense)
and	G2532	καί	[Conjunction] and also: even so: then too etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
shall be found	G2147	εὑρίσκω	[Verb] which (together with another cognate form εὑρέω heureō) is used for it in all the tenses except the present and imperfect; to find (literally or figuratively)
no more at all	G2089	ἔτι	[Adverb] yet still (of time or degree)

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.

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Revelation 18:21 - Angel

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