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Revelation 18

Rev. 18:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
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
he 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
mightily
ischus (Greek #2479)
forcefulness (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: ability, might(-ily), power, strength.
Pronounce: is-khoos'
Origin: from a derivative of ἰς (force; compare ἔσχον, a form of 2192)
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)
a strong
megas (Greek #3173)
big (literally or figuratively, in a very wide application)
KJV usage: (+ fear) exceedingly, great(-est), high, large, loud, mighty, + (be) sore (afraid), strong, X to years.
Pronounce: meg'-as
Origin: (including the prolonged forms, feminine μεγάλη, plural μεγάλοι, etc.; compare also 3176, 3187)
voice
phone (Greek #5456)
a tone (articulate, bestial or artificial); by implication, an address (for any purpose), saying or language
KJV usage: noise, sound, voice.
Pronounce: fo-nay'
Origin: probably akin to 5316 through the idea of disclosure
, saying
lego (Greek #3004)
properly, to "lay" forth, i.e. (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas 2036 and 5346 generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; while 4483 is properly to break silence merely, and 2980 means an extended or random harangue)); by implication, to mean
KJV usage: ask, bid, boast, call, describe, give out, name, put forth, say(-ing, on), shew, speak, tell, utter.
Pronounce: leg'-o
Origin: a primary verb
, Babylon
Babulon (Greek #897)
Babylon, the capitol of Chaldaea (literally or figuratively (as a type of tyranny))
KJV usage: Babylon.
Pronounce: bab-oo-lone'
Origin: of Hebrew origin (0894)
l the great
megas (Greek #3173)
big (literally or figuratively, in a very wide application)
KJV usage: (+ fear) exceedingly, great(-est), high, large, loud, mighty, + (be) sore (afraid), strong, X to years.
Pronounce: meg'-as
Origin: (including the prolonged forms, feminine μεγάλη, plural μεγάλοι, etc.; compare also 3176, 3187)
is fallen
pipto (Greek #4098)
(which occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses); probably akin to 4072 through the idea of alighting; to fall (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: fail, fall (down), light on.
Pronounce: pip'-to
Origin: πέτω (pet'-o)
, is fallen
pipto (Greek #4098)
(which occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses); probably akin to 4072 through the idea of alighting; to fall (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: fail, fall (down), light on.
Pronounce: pip'-to
Origin: πέτω (pet'-o)
, 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
is become
ginomai (Greek #1096)
to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
KJV usage: arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
Pronounce: ghin'-om-ahee
Origin: a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb
m the habitation
katoiketerion (Greek #2732)
a dwelling-place
KJV usage: habitation.
Pronounce: kat-oy-kay-tay'-ree-on
Origin: from a derivative of 2730
of devils
daimon (Greek #1142)
a dæmon or supernatural spirit (of a bad nature)
KJV usage: devil.
Pronounce: dah'-ee-mown
Origin: from δαίω (to distribute fortunes)
, 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
the hold
phulake (Greek #5438)
a guarding or (concretely, guard), the act, the person; figuratively, the place, the condition, or (specially), the time (as a division of day or night), literally or figuratively
KJV usage: cage, hold, (im-)prison(-ment), ward, watch.
Pronounce: foo-lak-ay'
Origin: from 5442
of every
pas (Greek #3956)
apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole
KJV usage: all (manner of, means), alway(-s), any (one), X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no(-thing), X thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.
Pronounce: pas
Origin: including all the forms of declension
foul
akathartos (Greek #169)
impure (ceremonially, morally (lewd) or specially, (demonic))
KJV usage: foul, unclean.
Pronounce: ak-ath'-ar-tos
Origin: from 1 (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of 2508 (meaning cleansed)
spirit
pneuma (Greek #4151)
a current of air, i.e. breath (blast) or a breeze; by analogy or figuratively, a spirit, i.e. (human) the rational soul, (by implication) vital principle, mental disposition, etc., or (superhuman) an angel, demon, or (divine) God, Christ's spirit, the Holy Spirit
KJV usage: ghost, life, spirit(-ual, -ually), mind. Compare 5590.
Pronounce: pnyoo'-mah
Origin: from 4154
, 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
a cage
phulake (Greek #5438)
a guarding or (concretely, guard), the act, the person; figuratively, the place, the condition, or (specially), the time (as a division of day or night), literally or figuratively
KJV usage: cage, hold, (im-)prison(-ment), ward, watch.
Pronounce: foo-lak-ay'
Origin: from 5442
of every
pas (Greek #3956)
apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole
KJV usage: all (manner of, means), alway(-s), any (one), X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no(-thing), X thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.
Pronounce: pas
Origin: including all the forms of declension
unclean
akathartos (Greek #169)
impure (ceremonially, morally (lewd) or specially, (demonic))
KJV usage: foul, unclean.
Pronounce: ak-ath'-ar-tos
Origin: from 1 (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of 2508 (meaning cleansed)
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
hateful
miseo (Greek #3404)
to detest (especially to persecute); by extension, to love less
KJV usage: hate(-ful).
Pronounce: mis-eh'-o
Origin: from a primary μῖσος (hatred)
bird
orneon (Greek #3732)
a birdling
KJV usage: bird, fowl.
Pronounce: or'-neh-on
Origin: neuter of a presumed derivative of 3733
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Rev. 14:8• 8And another, a second angel followed, saying, Fallen [fallen] is Babylon the great, who hath given all the nations to drink of the wine of the fury of her fornication. (Rev. 14:8)
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Isa. 13:19• 19And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldean's pride, shall be as God's overthrowing Sodom and Gomorrha. (Isa. 13:19)
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Isa. 21:9• 9and, behold, chariots of men come, horsemen by pairs. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground. (Isa. 21:9)
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Jer. 51:8• 8Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed. (Jer. 51:8)
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Rev. 17:2• 2with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and those that inhabit the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication. (Rev. 17:2)
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Isa. 34:11,14• 11But the pelican and the porcupine shall possess it; and the owl and the raven shall dwell therein. And he shall stretch over it the line of confusion, and the plummet of emptiness.
 14And the wild beasts of the desert shall meet with the wolves, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; yea, the night-monster shall settle there, and shall find her a place of rest. (Isa. 34:11,14)
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Jer. 50:39• 39Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited forever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation. (Jer. 50:39)
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Jer. 51:37• 37And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling place for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant. (Jer. 51:37)

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Babylon the Great,
Cage,
Demon,
Spirit,
Unclean Animals

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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cried.
Rev. 1:15• 15and his feet like fine brass, as glowing in a furnace; and his voice as a voice of many waters: (Rev. 1:15)
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Rev. 5:2• 2And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book and to loose the seals thereof? (Rev. 5:2)
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Rev. 10:3• 3and cried with a loud voice, as a lion roareth: and when he cried, the seven thunders uttered their own voices. (Rev. 10:3)
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Rev. 14:15• 15And another angel came forth out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Send thy sickle and reap; for the time to reap hath come: for the harvest of the earth is dried up. (Rev. 14:15)
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Jer. 25:30• 30Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, Jehovah shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth. (Jer. 25:30)
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Joel 3:16• 16Jehovah also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but Jehovah will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel. (Joel 3:16)
Babylon.
Rev. 18:10,21• 10standing afar off because of the fear of her torment, saying, Woe, woe, the great city Babylon, the strong city! for in one hour came thy judgment.
 21And a strong angel took up a stone as a great millstone, and cast {i}it{/i} into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall Babylon the great city be cast down, and shall in no wise be found more. (Rev. 18:10,21)
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Rev. 14:8• 8And another, a second angel followed, saying, Fallen [fallen] is Babylon the great, who hath given all the nations to drink of the wine of the fury of her fornication. (Rev. 14:8)
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Rev. 16:19• 19And the great city became three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and Babylon the great was remembered before God to give her the cup of the wine of the indignation of his wrath. (Rev. 16:19)
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Rev. 17:5,18• 5and upon her forehead a name written: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
 18And the woman whom thou sawest is the great city that hath kingship over the kings of the earth. (Rev. 17:5,18)
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Isa. 13:19• 19And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldean's pride, shall be as God's overthrowing Sodom and Gomorrha. (Isa. 13:19)
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Isa. 21:9• 9and, behold, chariots of men come, horsemen by pairs. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground. (Isa. 21:9)
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Jer. 51:8,60‑64• 8Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
 60{i}And Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, all these words that are written against Babylon.{/i}
 61{i}And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, see that thou read all these words;{/i}
 62{i}and say, Jehovah, thou hast spoken concerning this place, that thou wilt cut it off, so that none shall dwell in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever.{/i}
 63{i}And it shall be, when thou hast ended reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of the Euphrates;{/i}
 64{i}and shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise, because of the evil that I will bring upon it: and they shall be weary. Thus far the words of Jeremiah{/i}. (Jer. 51:8,60‑64)
become.
Lev. 11:13‑19• 13And these ye shall have in abomination among the birds; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the osprey, and the sea eagle;
 14and the falcon, and the kite after its kind;
 15every raven after its kind;
 16and the ostrich, and the night hawk, and the seagull, and the hawk after its kind;
 17and the owl, and the gannet, and the ibis,
 18and the swan, and the pelican, and the vulture,
 19and the stork; the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat. (Lev. 11:13‑19)
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Isa. 13:20‑22• 20It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in to generation and generation; neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there, nor shall shepherds make [their flocks] to lie down there.
 21But beasts of the desert there shall lie down; and their houses shall be full of owls; and ostriches shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
 22And wolves shall cry in their palaces, and jackals in the pleasant castles. And her time [is] near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged. (Isa. 13:20‑22)
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Isa. 14:23• 23I will also make it a possession for the porcupine, and pools of water; and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith Jehovah of hosts. (Isa. 14:23)
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Isa. 21:8• 8And he cried [as] a lion, Lord, I stand continually upon the watch-tower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward every night; (Isa. 21:8)
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Isa. 34:11‑15• 11But the pelican and the porcupine shall possess it; and the owl and the raven shall dwell therein. And he shall stretch over it the line of confusion, and the plummet of emptiness.
 12They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none [shall be] there; and all her princes shall be nothing.
 13And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and thistles in the fortresses thereof; and it shall be a habitation of jackals, a court for ostriches.
 14And the wild beasts of the desert shall meet with the wolves, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; yea, the night-monster shall settle there, and shall find her a place of rest.
 15There shall the arrow snake make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: yea, there shall the kites be gathered, every one with her mate. (Isa. 34:11‑15)
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Jer. 50:39‑40• 39Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited forever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.
 40As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith Jehovah; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein. (Jer. 50:39‑40)
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Jer. 51:37• 37And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling place for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant. (Jer. 51:37)
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Mark 5:3‑5• 3who had his dwelling in the tombs; and no one could bind him, not even with chains:
 4because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn asunder by him, and the fetters were shattered: and no one could subdue him.
 5And always, night and day, he was in the tombs, and in the mountains, crying, and cutting himself with stones. (Mark 5:3‑5)
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Luke 8:27‑28• 27{i}And as he got out [of the ship] on the land, a certain man out of the city met him, who had demons a long time, and{/i} put on no clothes, and did not abide in a house, but in the tombs.
 28But seeing Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beseech thee, torment me not. (Luke 8:27‑28)
• The Papacy, which for ages has claimed to be exclusively the church of God, and thus "the habitation of God through the Spirit," will, in its terrible end, "become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird." (“Revelation 18: The Great City Babylon” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he cried with a strong voice, saying, Great Babylon has fallen, has fallen, and has become the habitation of demons, and a holdf of every unclean spirit, and a holdf of every unclean and hated bird;

JND Translation Notes

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Or "prison," where they are confined.

W. Kelly Translation

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And he cried with a strong voicea, saying, Fallen [fallenb] is Babylon the great, and is become a habitation of demonsc, and a hauntd of every unclean spirit, and a haunt of every unclean and hated birde.

WK Translation Notes

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a
It should be "cried with a strong voice," not "mightily with a loud voice" as in the T. R. without known authority.
b
Many MSS. have "is fallen" twice; but the best read it but once.
c
The Edd. give the word "demons," not "devils."
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The word "hold" in the KJV would be the prison where they are forcibly kept. "Foul" and "unclean" in the KJV both represent "unclean."
e
There are various insertions and omissions in the copies of the verse which call for no special notice here.