Raw Strong's Lookups¶
G2342 θηρίον (therion) — beast/wild animal¶
Lexicon: neuter noun; diminutive of same root; "a dangerous animal: venomous, wild beast" BLB Count: 46 occurrences Translations: beast (36x, 80%), wild beasts (3x), beasts (2x), a beast (2x) Key Revelation occurrences: Rev 11:7; 13:2,3,4(3x),11,12(2x),14(2x),15(3x),17,18; 14:9,11; 15:2; 16:2,10,13; 17:3,7,8,11,12,13,16,17; 19:19,20(2x); 20:4 Note: Distinguished from ζῷον (G2226, zoon) = "living creature" used for the four beings around the throne (Rev 4:6-9; 5:6,8,14; 6:1,3,5,7; 7:11; 14:3; 15:7; 19:4). therion = dangerous/wild; zoon = living creature.
G988 βλασφημία (blasphemia) — blasphemy/vilification¶
Lexicon: feminine noun; from G989; "vilification (especially against God): blasphemy, evil speaking, railing" BLB Count: 19 occurrences Translations: blasphemy (7x), blasphemies (5x), of blasphemy (2x), evil speaking (1x), railings (1x) Key verses: Mat 12:31; 26:65; Mar 7:22; 14:64; Rev 2:9; 13:1; 13:5; 13:6; 17:3 Related forms: G989 blasphemos (adj.), G987 blasphemeo (verb)
G1849 ἐξουσία (exousia) — authority/power/privilege¶
Lexicon: feminine noun; "privilege, subjectively force, capacity, competency, freedom, mastery, delegated influence, authority, jurisdiction, liberty, power, right, strength" BLB Count: 103 occurrences Translations: power (53x, 55.8%), authority (25x, 26.3%), powers (7x) Revelation occurrences: Rev 2:26; 6:8; 9:3,10,19; 11:6(2x); 12:10; 13:2,4,5,7,12; 14:18; 16:9; 17:12,13; 18:1; 20:6; 22:14 Note: Distinguished from G1411 dynamis (inherent power/force) and G2904 kratos (dominion/strength). Exousia = delegated authority; dynamis = raw capability.
G1411 δύναμις (dynamis) — power/force/might¶
Lexicon: feminine noun; "force (lit. or fig.); specially miraculous power" BLB Count: 120 occurrences Translations: power (49x), the power (15x), mighty works (9x), strength (7x), miracles (4x) Revelation occurrences: Rev 1:16; 3:8; 4:11; 5:12; 7:12; 11:17; 12:10; 13:2; 15:8; 17:13; 18:3; 19:1 Note: In Rev 13:2, the dragon gives his dynamis (raw power) to the beast, along with thronos (throne) and exousia (authority)
G2362 θρόνος (thronos) — throne/seat¶
Lexicon: masculine noun; from thrao (to sit); "a stately seat, throne; by implication, power" BLB Count: 61 occurrences Translations: throne (47x), thrones (4x), seats (3x), seat (3x) Revelation occurrences: Rev 1:4; 2:13; 3:21(2x); 4:2,3,4(2x),5,6,9,10; 11:16; 16:10; 20:4,11; 22:3 Note: Rev 13:2 "his seat" = τὸν θρόνον αὐτοῦ (his throne). Rev 2:13 "Satan's seat/throne" — the dragon's throne is Satan's throne, transferred to the beast.
G4633 σκηνή (skene) — tabernacle/tent/dwelling¶
Lexicon: feminine noun; "a tent or cloth hut (literally or figuratively)" BLB Count: 20 occurrences Translations: tabernacle (13x), tabernacles (4x), habitations (1x) Key NT occurrences: Acts 7:43,44; 15:16; Heb 8:2,5; 9:1,2,3,6,8,11; 11:9; 13:10; Rev 13:6; 15:5; 21:3 Revelation chain: Rev 13:6 (beast blasphemes God's tabernacle), Rev 15:5 (temple of tabernacle opened in heaven), Rev 21:3 (the tabernacle of God is with men) Connection: Rev 13:6 attacks what Rev 15:5 and 21:3 affirm — the sanctuary/dwelling of God
G3528 νικάω (nikao) — overcome/conquer¶
Lexicon: verb; "to subdue (literally or figuratively): conquer, overcome, prevail, get the victory" BLB Count: 28 occurrences Translations: overcometh (5x), overcome (2x), overcame (2x), shall overcome (2x), conquering (1x), hath prevailed (1x), had gotten the victory (1x) Revelation chain (complete): - Rev 2:7 (overcometh — eat tree of life) - Rev 2:11 (overcometh — not hurt by second death) - Rev 2:17 (overcometh — hidden manna) - Rev 2:26 (overcometh — power over nations) - Rev 3:5 (overcometh — white raiment) - Rev 3:12 (overcometh — pillar in temple) - Rev 3:21 (overcame — sit on throne, "even as I overcame") - Rev 5:5 (hath prevailed — Lion of Judah) - Rev 6:2 (conquering and to conquer) - Rev 11:7 (shall overcome — beast overcomes two witnesses) - Rev 12:11 (overcame — by blood of Lamb) - Rev 13:7 (overcome — beast overcomes saints) - Rev 15:2 (gotten the victory — over the beast) - Rev 17:14 (shall overcome — Lamb overcomes the ten kings) - Rev 21:7 (overcometh — inherit all things)
G4969 σφάζω (sphazo) — slay/slaughter/butcher¶
Lexicon: verb; primary verb; "to butcher (especially an animal for food or in sacrifice)" BLB Count: 10 occurrences All occurrences with translations: - 1 John 3:12 — "slew" (Cain slew Abel) - Rev 5:6 — "it had been slain" (Lamb as it had been slain) - Rev 5:9 — "thou wast slain" (worthy, for thou wast slain) - Rev 5:12 — "that was slain" (Lamb that was slain) - Rev 6:4 — "should kill" (kill one another) - Rev 6:9 — "that were slain" (souls slain for word of God) - Rev 13:3 — "wounded" (one head as it were wounded to death) - Rev 13:8 — "slain" (Lamb slain from foundation of world) - Rev 18:24 — "that were slain" (all that were slain upon earth) CRITICAL: Same word used for the Lamb (5:6,9,12; 13:8) and the beast's wound (13:3). The beast's wound deliberately mimics the Lamb's slaughter — counterfeit death-and-resurrection.
G5281 ὑπομονή (hypomone) — patience/endurance¶
Lexicon: feminine noun; "cheerful (or hopeful) endurance, constancy: enduring, patience, patient continuance, waiting" BLB Count: 32 occurrences Translations: patience (22x), of patience (2x), patient continuance (1x), enduring (1x) Revelation chain: - Rev 1:9 — "patience" (companion in tribulation and patience) - Rev 2:2 — "patience" (I know thy patience) - Rev 2:3 — "patience" (hast patience, and hast borne) - Rev 2:19 — "patience" (I know thy patience) - Rev 3:10 — "patience" (hast kept the word of my patience) - Rev 13:10 — "patience" (Here is the patience and the faith of the saints) - Rev 14:12 — "patience" (Here is the patience of the saints) INCLUSIO: Rev 13:10 and 14:12 bracket the entire beast-image-three-angels section with "patience of the saints"
G2602 καταβολή (katabole) — foundation/deposition¶
Lexicon: feminine noun; "a deposition, i.e. founding; figuratively, conception" BLB Count: 11 occurrences Translations: the foundation (9x), conceive (1x) Key occurrences: Mat 13:35; 25:34; Luk 11:50; Jhn 17:24; Eph 1:4; Heb 4:3; 9:28; 11:11; 1 Pet 1:20; Rev 13:8; 17:8 Note: "Foundation of the world" phrase appears in both Rev 13:8 and 17:8. In 17:8 it clearly modifies "written" (names not written from foundation). In 13:8 the syntax is ambiguous but 1 Pet 1:20 affirms the Lamb was "foreordained before the foundation of the world."
G4352 προσκυνέω (proskyneo) — worship¶
Lexicon: verb; from pros + probable derivative of kuon (meaning to kiss); "to fawn or crouch, to prostrate oneself in homage: do reverence to, adore, worship" BLB Count: 60 occurrences Translations: worship (13x), worshipped (12x), and worshipped (7x), to worship (4x), they worshipped (3x) Revelation worship chain (key occurrences): - Rev 3:9 — worship before thy feet - Rev 4:10 — twenty-four elders worship - Rev 5:14 — four beasts/elders worshipped - Rev 7:11 — angels worshipped God - Rev 9:20 — worship devils/idols - Rev 11:1 — them that worship therein - Rev 11:16 — elders worshipped God - Rev 13:4 (2x) — worshipped the dragon; worshipped the beast - Rev 13:8 — "shall worship him" (future tense) - Rev 13:12 — "causeth... to worship the first beast" - Rev 13:15 — "not worship the image... killed" - Rev 14:7 — "worship him that made" (Creator worship — counter) - Rev 14:9 — "If any man worship the beast" - Rev 14:11 — "who worship the beast and his image" - Rev 15:4 — "all nations shall come and worship" - Rev 16:2 — "them which worshipped his image" - Rev 19:4 — elders/beasts worshipped God - Rev 19:10 — "worship God" (not the angel) - Rev 19:20 — "them that had... worshipped his image" - Rev 20:4 — "had not worshipped the beast" - Rev 22:8,9 — "worship God" (not the angel) Central conflict: Rev 13-14 proskyneo cluster = the worship war. Who will you worship — Creator (14:7) or creature/beast (13:4,8,12,15)?