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Revelation 12

Rev. 12:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
she being
echo (Greek #2192)
(used in certain tenses only) a primary verb; to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or condition)
KJV usage: be (able, X hold, possessed with), accompany, + begin to amend, can(+ -not), X conceive, count, diseased, do + eat, + enjoy, + fear, following, have, hold, keep, + lack, + go to law, lie, + must needs, + of necessity, + need, next, + recover, + reign, + rest, + return, X sick, take for, + tremble, + uncircumcised, use.
Pronounce: ekh'-o
Origin: σχέω (skheh'-o)
with
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
child
gaster (Greek #1064)
the stomach; by analogy, the matrix; figuratively, a gourmand
KJV usage: belly, + with child, womb.
Pronounce: gas-tare'
Origin: of uncertain derivation
cried
krazo (Greek #2896)
properly, to "croak" (as a raven) or scream, i.e. (genitive case) to call aloud (shriek, exclaim, intreat)
KJV usage: cry (out).
Pronounce: krad'-zo
Origin: a primary verb
, travailing in birth
odino (Greek #5605)
to experience the pains of parturition (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: travail in (birth).
Pronounce: o-dee'-no
Origin: from 5604
, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
pained
basanizo (Greek #928)
to torture
KJV usage: pain, toil, torment, toss, vex.
Pronounce: bas-an-id'-zo
Origin: from 931
to be delivered
tikto (Greek #5088)
to produce (from seed, as a mother, a plant, the earth, etc.), literally or figuratively
KJV usage: bear, be born, bring forth, be delivered, be in travail.
Pronounce: tik'-to
Origin: a strengthened form of a primary τέκω (tek'-o) (which is used only as alternate in certain tenses)
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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travailing.
Rev. 12:4• 4And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. (Rev. 12:4)
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Isa. 53:11• 11He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. (Isa. 53:11)
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Isa. 54:1• 1Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord. (Isa. 54:1)
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Isa. 66:7‑8• 7Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.
 8Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children. (Isa. 66:7‑8)
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Mic. 5:3• 3Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel. (Mic. 5:3)
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John 16:21• 21A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. (John 16:21)
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Gal. 4:19,27• 19My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
 27For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband. (Gal. 4:19,27)
• [Christ’s birth] We have the woman in pain to be delivered; and the man child is born. (“Revelation 12” by W. Kelly)
• (Jer. 4:31). Who is the woman? and who is the child? The woman is ISRAEL. The child is CHRIST. (“Revelation 12: Events as God Views Them” by W. Scott)
• Isaiah 66: “Before she travailed she brought forth; before her pain came she was delivered of a man-child” (vs. 7). The travailing and pain refer to Israel’s coming hour of trial, the Great Tribulation. But before that great event the Messiah, the Man-Child, is born. The prophet Micah confirms this in a clear and unmistakable passage. After referring to the birth of the Messiah (Mic. 5:2), he adds, “Therefore will He give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth; then the remnant shall return unto the children of Israel” (vs. 3). The travail of the woman is at least two thousand years subsequent to the birth of the Messiah, and refers to her sorrow in the coming Tribulation. (“Revelation 12: Events as God Views Them” by W. Scott)
• The woman being in labour (“travailing”) refers to the struggle that the nation was in at the time of Christ’s first coming when it suffered under Roman rule. (“Judgments in Connection With Israel: Revelation 12-14” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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and being with child she cried, being in travail, and in pain to bring forth.

W. Kelly Translation

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and being with child she crietha, travailingb and pained to bring forth.

WK Translation Notes

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Some MSS. have "she cried."
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The Revisers of 1881 adopt a view of the text, based on the insertion of an additional copulative before "travailing."