Grammar Analysis: Revelation 8:1-5 (Seventh Seal Silence, Incense-Prayers, Altar Fire Cast to Earth)

Mode: Passage unit analysis (context-neutral) Scope: Rev 8:1-5 as the transition from the seventh seal into the trumpet sequence: heavenly silence, the seven angels receiving trumpets, another angel at the altar with incense and prayers, and fire from the altar cast into the earth. Aim: Verse-by-verse parsing; documentation of the load-bearing grammatical features for sanctuary-service analysis: (a) ὅταν + aorist indicative opening the seventh seal and the resultant σιγή in heaven, (b) perfect ἑστήκασιν and aorist passives ἐδόθησαν/ἐδόθη for heavenly authorization, (c) altar/censer/incense-prayer syntax in vv.3-4, (d) the narrative verb chain in v.5 moving from taking/filling to casting fire into the earth, (e) the theophanic judgment-result nouns at the close. Grammar only; theological conclusions are deferred to downstream studies.

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1. Text

v.	Greek (parser output)	KJV
1	Καὶ ὅταν ἤνοιξεν τὴν σφραγῖδα τὴν ἑβδόμην, ἐγένετο σιγὴ ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ ὡς ἡμιώριον.	And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
2	καὶ εἶδον τοὺς ἑπτὰ ἀγγέλους οἳ ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ ἑστήκασιν, καὶ ἐδόθησαν αὐτοῖς ἑπτὰ σάλπιγγες.	And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets.
3	Καὶ ἄλλος ἄγγελος ἦλθεν καὶ ἐστάθη ἐπὶ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου ἔχων λιβανωτὸν χρυσοῦν, καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ θυμιάματα πολλὰ ἵνα δώσει ταῖς προσευχαῖς τῶν ἁγίων πάντων ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον τὸ χρυσοῦν τὸ ἐνώπιον τοῦ θρόνου.	And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer [it] with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
4	καὶ ἀνέβη ὁ καπνὸς τῶν θυμιαμάτων ταῖς προσευχαῖς τῶν ἁγίων ἐκ χειρὸς τοῦ ἀγγέλου ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ.	And the smoke of the incense, [which came] with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
5	καὶ εἴληφεν ὁ ἄγγελος τὸν λιβανωτόν, καὶ ἐγέμισεν αὐτὸν ἐκ τοῦ πυρὸς τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου καὶ ἔβαλεν εἰς τὴν γῆν· καὶ ἐγένοντο βρονταὶ καὶ φωναὶ καὶ ἀστραπαὶ καὶ σεισμός.	And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast [it] into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.

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2. Word-by-Word Parsing Tables (from greek_parser.py)

Revelation 8:1

#	Word	Lemma	Strong's	Parsing
1	Καὶ	καί	G2532	CONJ
2	ὅταν	ὅταν	G3752	CONJ
3	ἤνοιξεν	ἀνοίγω	G455	V-AAI-3S — Aor Act Ind 3s
4	τὴν	ὁ	G3588	T-ASF — Acc Sg F
5	σφραγῖδα	σφραγίς	G4973	N-ASF — Acc Sg F
6	τὴν	ὁ	G3588	T-ASF — Acc Sg F
7	ἑβδόμην	ἕβδομος	G1442	A-ASF — Acc Sg F
8	ἐγένετο	γίνομαι	G1096	V-2ADI-3S — Aor Mid Ind 3s
9	σιγὴ	σιγή	G4602	N-NSF — Nom Sg F
10	ἐν	ἐν	G1722	PREP
11	τῷ	ὁ	G3588	T-DSM — Dat Sg M
12	οὐρανῷ	οὐρανός	G3772	N-DSM — Dat Sg M
13	ὡς	ὡς	G5613	ADV
14	ἡμιώριον	ἡμίωρον	G2256	N-ASN — Acc Sg N

Revelation 8:2

#	Word	Lemma	Strong's	Parsing
1	καὶ	καί	G2532	CONJ
2	εἶδον	ὁράω	G3708	V-2AAI-1S — Aor Act Ind 1s
3	τοὺς	ὁ	G3588	T-APM — Acc Pl M
4	ἑπτὰ	ἑπτά	G2033	A-NUI
5	ἀγγέλους	ἄγγελος	G32	N-APM — Acc Pl M
6	οἳ	ὅς	G3739	R-NPM — Nom Pl M
7	ἐνώπιον	ἐνώπιον	G1799	PREP
8	τοῦ	ὁ	G3588	T-GSM — Gen Sg M
9	Θεοῦ	θεός	G2316	N-GSM — Gen Sg M
10	ἑστήκασιν	ἵστημι	G2476	V-RAI-3P — Perf Act Ind 3p
11	καὶ	καί	G2532	CONJ
12	ἐδόθησαν	δίδωμι	G1325	V-API-3P — Aor Pass Ind 3p
13	αὐτοῖς	αὐτός	G846	P-DPM — Dat Pl M
14	ἑπτὰ	ἑπτά	G2033	A-NUI
15	σάλπιγγες	σάλπιγξ	G4536	N-NPF — Nom Pl F

Revelation 8:3

#	Word	Lemma	Strong's	Parsing
1	Καὶ	καί	G2532	CONJ
2	ἄλλος	ἄλλος	G243	A-NSM — Nom Sg M
3	ἄγγελος	ἄγγελος	G32	N-NSM — Nom Sg M
4	ἦλθεν	ἔρχομαι	G2064	V-2AAI-3S — Aor Act Ind 3s
5	καὶ	καί	G2532	CONJ
6	ἐστάθη	ἵστημι	G2476	V-API-3S — Aor Pass Ind 3s
7	ἐπὶ	ἐπί	G1909	PREP
8	τοῦ	ὁ	G3588	T-GSN — Gen Sg N
9	θυσιαστηρίου	θυσιαστήριον	G2379	N-GSN — Gen Sg N
10	ἔχων	ἔχω	G2192	V-PAP-NSM — Pres Act Ptcp Nom Sg M
11	λιβανωτὸν	λιβανωτός	G3031	N-ASM — Acc Sg M
12	χρυσοῦν	χρυσοῦς	G5552	A-ASM — Acc Sg M
13	καὶ	καί	G2532	CONJ
14	ἐδόθη	δίδωμι	G1325	V-API-3S — Aor Pass Ind 3s
15	αὐτῷ	αὐτός	G846	P-DSM — Dat Sg M
16	θυμιάματα	θυμίαμα	G2368	N-NPN — Nom Pl N
17	πολλὰ	πολύς	G4183	A-NPN — Nom Pl N
18	ἵνα	ἵνα	G2443	CONJ
19	δώσει	δίδωμι	G1325	V-FAI-3S — Fut Act Ind 3s
20	ταῖς	ὁ	G3588	T-DPF — Dat Pl F
21	προσευχαῖς	προσευχή	G4335	N-DPF — Dat Pl F
22	τῶν	ὁ	G3588	T-GPM — Gen Pl M
23	ἁγίων	ἅγιος	G40	A-GPM — Gen Pl M
24	πάντων	πᾶς	G3956	A-GPM — Gen Pl M
25	ἐπὶ	ἐπί	G1909	PREP
26	τὸ	ὁ	G3588	T-ASN — Acc Sg N
27	θυσιαστήριον	θυσιαστήριον	G2379	N-ASN — Acc Sg N
28	τὸ	ὁ	G3588	T-ASN — Acc Sg N
29	χρυσοῦν	χρυσοῦς	G5552	A-ASN — Acc Sg N
30	τὸ	ὁ	G3588	T-ASN — Acc Sg N
31	ἐνώπιον	ἐνώπιον	G1799	PREP
32	τοῦ	ὁ	G3588	T-GSM — Gen Sg M
33	θρόνου	θρόνος	G2362	N-GSM — Gen Sg M

Revelation 8:4

#	Word	Lemma	Strong's	Parsing
1	καὶ	καί	G2532	CONJ
2	ἀνέβη	ἀναβαίνω	G305	V-2AAI-3S — Aor Act Ind 3s
3	ὁ	ὁ	G3588	T-NSM — Nom Sg M
4	καπνὸς	καπνός	G2586	N-NSM — Nom Sg M
5	τῶν	ὁ	G3588	T-GPN — Gen Pl N
6	θυμιαμάτων	θυμίαμα	G2368	N-GPN — Gen Pl N
7	ταῖς	ὁ	G3588	T-DPF — Dat Pl F
8	προσευχαῖς	προσευχή	G4335	N-DPF — Dat Pl F
9	τῶν	ὁ	G3588	T-GPM — Gen Pl M
10	ἁγίων	ἅγιος	G40	A-GPM — Gen Pl M
11	ἐκ	ἐκ	G1537	PREP
12	χειρὸς	χείρ	G5495	N-GSF — Gen Sg F
13	τοῦ	ὁ	G3588	T-GSM — Gen Sg M
14	ἀγγέλου	ἄγγελος	G32	N-GSM — Gen Sg M
15	ἐνώπιον	ἐνώπιον	G1799	PREP
16	τοῦ	ὁ	G3588	T-GSM — Gen Sg M
17	Θεοῦ	θεός	G2316	N-GSM — Gen Sg M

Revelation 8:5

#	Word	Lemma	Strong's	Parsing
1	καὶ	καί	G2532	CONJ
2	εἴληφεν	λαμβάνω	G2983	V-2RAI-3S — Perf Act Ind 3s
3	ὁ	ὁ	G3588	T-NSM — Nom Sg M
4	ἄγγελος	ἄγγελος	G32	N-NSM — Nom Sg M
5	τὸν	ὁ	G3588	T-ASM — Acc Sg M
6	λιβανωτόν	λιβανωτός	G3031	N-ASM — Acc Sg M
7	καὶ	καί	G2532	CONJ
8	ἐγέμισεν	γεμίζω	G1072	V-AAI-3S — Aor Act Ind 3s
9	αὐτὸν	αὐτός	G846	P-ASM — Acc Sg M
10	ἐκ	ἐκ	G1537	PREP
11	τοῦ	ὁ	G3588	T-GSN — Gen Sg N
12	πυρὸς	πῦρ	G4442	N-GSN — Gen Sg N
13	τοῦ	ὁ	G3588	T-GSN — Gen Sg N
14	θυσιαστηρίου	θυσιαστήριον	G2379	N-GSN — Gen Sg N
15	καὶ	καί	G2532	CONJ
16	ἔβαλεν	βάλλω	G906	V-2AAI-3S — Aor Act Ind 3s
17	εἰς	εἰς	G1519	PREP
18	τὴν	ὁ	G3588	T-ASF — Acc Sg F
19	γῆν	γῆ	G1093	N-ASF — Acc Sg F
20	καὶ	καί	G2532	CONJ
21	ἐγένοντο	γίνομαι	G1096	V-2ADI-3P — Aor Mid Ind 3p
22	βρονταὶ	βροντή	G1027	N-NPF — Nom Pl F
23	καὶ	καί	G2532	CONJ
24	φωναὶ	φωνή	G5456	N-NPF — Nom Pl F
25	καὶ	καί	G2532	CONJ
26	ἀστραπαὶ	ἀστραπή	G796	N-NPF — Nom Pl F
27	καὶ	καί	G2532	CONJ
28	σεισμός	σεισμός	G4578	N-NSM — Nom Sg M

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3. Key Grammatical Features

Feature 1: ὅταν ἤνοιξεν ... ἐγένετο σιγὴ — Temporal Opening and Resultant Silence

• Form: ὅταν (temporal conjunction) + ἤνοιξεν (V-AAI-3S, aorist active indicative of ἀνοίγω) introduces the event of opening the seventh seal. The main clause follows with ἐγένετο (V-2ADI-3S, second aorist middle/deponent indicative of γίνομαι) + σιγὴ (N-NSF, nominative subject/complement in a γίνομαι clause).
• Syntactic frame: The opening of the seventh seal is presented as a discrete aorist event. The silence is not expressed by a stative verb such as "was silent"; it "came to be" or "occurred" through γίνομαι. The subject/complement σιγή is nominative, and the sphere is marked by ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ ("in heaven"). The approximate duration is ὡς ἡμιώριον ("as/about half an hour"), where ὡς marks approximation and ἡμιώριον is accusative singular neuter functioning adverbially for extent of time.
• Significance for passage reading: Grammatically, the silence is an event-state introduced after the seal-opening event. The aorist ἤνοιξεν looks back to the seal action as a whole; ἐγένετο then narrates the arising of silence in heaven. This is the first syntactic signal that the passage is transitional: the seventh seal is opened, then a heavenly pause occurs before the trumpet commission and altar action unfold.
• Grammar reference: aorist-active-indicative-narrative-chain
• Word studies: G455-anoigo, G4602-sige, WG-opened

Feature 2: ἑστήκασιν ... ἐδόθησαν / ἐδόθη — Stationed Angels and Passive Authorization

• Form: ἑστήκασιν (V-RAI-3P, perfect active indicative of ἵστημι) describes the seven angels "who stand/have taken their stand" before God. ἐδόθησαν (V-API-3P, aorist passive indicative of δίδωμι) and ἐδόθη (V-API-3S) narrate what is given to the angels and to the other angel.
• Perfect in ἑστήκασιν: The perfect active form presents the angels as already standing in a settled position before God. The relative clause οἳ ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ ἑστήκασιν identifies them by their established heavenly station, not merely by an action that happens at that moment.
• Aorist passives in ἐδόθησαν / ἐδόθη: The trumpets are "given" to the seven angels, and much incense is "given" to the other angel. The passive voice suppresses the giver in the clause while foregrounding heavenly authorization and the reception of objects necessary for the next action. In apocalyptic narrative this passive can function as a divine/heavenly passive when the implied giver is not named, though that conclusion should be argued from context rather than from morphology alone.
• Significance for passage reading: The grammar distinguishes station from commission. The seven angels are already positioned before God (perfect), then they receive trumpets (aorist passive). The other angel comes to the altar, then receives incense (aorist passive). The passage therefore does not present the trumpets or incense as self-initiated actions; they are received within the heavenly scene before the judgment sequence proceeds.
• Grammar references: tense-perfect-indicative, tense-perfect, aorist-passive-indicative, divine-passive
• Word studies: G2476-histemi, G1325-didomi, G1096-ginomai, WG-giving, WG-stood

Feature 3: ἦλθεν καὶ ἐστάθη ... ἔχων λιβανωτὸν χρυσοῦν — Altar Position and Censer Possession

• Form: ἦλθεν (V-2AAI-3S, aorist active indicative of ἔρχομαι) and ἐστάθη (V-API-3S, aorist passive indicative of ἵστημι used intransitively, "stood/took his place") form a compact arrival-position sequence. ἔχων (V-PAP-NSM, present active participle of ἔχω) modifies ἄλλος ἄγγελος and supplies attendant circumstance: the angel comes and stands while having a golden censer.
• Altar phrase: ἐπὶ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου uses ἐπί + genitive. In this context it marks location at/by/upon the altar rather than motion toward it. Later in the same verse, ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον uses ἐπί + accusative, marking direction/place of placement "upon the golden altar." The case shift is meaningful: genitive with ἐπί marks the angel's position relative to the altar; accusative with ἐπί marks the destination of the incense-prayer action.
• Censer object: λιβανωτὸν χρυσοῦν is accusative singular masculine, object of ἔχων. The noun λιβανωτός can refer to an incense vessel/censer in this context, and χρυσοῦν agrees with it as an attributive adjective ("golden").
• Significance for passage reading: The grammar anchors the angel's action spatially before describing what is given and what is done. The angel is positioned at the altar, already holding the censer, and only then receives much incense. The construction keeps the altar/censer/incense complex together as a single sanctuary-action unit.
• Grammar references: aorist-active-indicative-narrative-chain, aorist-passive-indicative
• Word studies: G3031-libanotos, G2379-thysiastērion, WG-altar, WG-incense

Feature 4: ἵνα δώσει ταῖς προσευχαῖς ... ἀνέβη ὁ καπνὸς — Incense Given with/for the Prayers of the Saints

• Form: ἵνα introduces the purpose/result clause after ἐδόθη αὐτῷ θυμιάματα πολλὰ. The verb δώσει is parsed as V-FAI-3S, future active indicative of δίδωμι. This is not the more common ἵνα + subjunctive pattern; the parser identifies a future indicative after ἵνα, a Koine construction used to express intended outcome.
• Dative prayers: ταῖς προσευχαῖς is dative plural feminine. In v.3 it is governed by δώσει and may be read as the dative of association/accompaniment or relation: the incense is to be given/placed with respect to the prayers of all the saints. In v.4 the same dative phrase appears again: ὁ καπνὸς τῶν θυμιαμάτων ταῖς προσευχαῖς τῶν ἁγίων. The repeated dative binds the smoke of the incense to the prayers of the saints.
• Genitives in v.4: τῶν θυμιαμάτων is genitive plural neuter modifying ὁ καπνός ("the smoke of the incenses/incense offerings"). τῶν ἁγίων is genitive plural masculine modifying ταῖς προσευχαῖς ("the prayers of the saints"). ἐκ χειρὸς τοῦ ἀγγέλου marks source/origin from the angel's hand; ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ marks the endpoint/presence before God.
• Ascent verb: ἀνέβη (V-2AAI-3S, aorist active indicative of ἀναβαίνω) has ὁ καπνός as its nominative subject. The smoke, not the angel, is the grammatical subject of the ascent before God.
• Significance for passage reading: Grammatically, the incense and prayers are not loosely adjacent images. They are joined by repeated dative syntax in vv.3-4, and the smoke of the incense is the subject that ascends before God. The passage therefore marks the incense-prayer action as the last explicit upward movement before the downward casting of fire in v.5.
• Grammar reference: No dedicated local entry found for ἵνα + future indicative or dative of association. Related narrative frame: aorist-active-indicative-narrative-chain
• Word studies: G2368-thymiama, G2586-kapnos, WG-incense, WG-smoke, WG-prayer

Feature 5: εἴληφεν ... ἐγέμισεν ... ἔβαλεν ... ἐγένοντο — Censer Filled with Altar Fire and Cast into the Earth

• Form: εἴληφεν (V-2RAI-3S, perfect active indicative of λαμβάνω) opens v.5, followed by ἐγέμισεν (V-AAI-3S, aorist active indicative of γεμίζω), ἔβαλεν (V-2AAI-3S, second aorist active indicative of βάλλω), and ἐγένοντο (V-2ADI-3P, aorist middle/deponent indicative of γίνομαι).
• Perfect plus aorist sequence: The perfect εἴληφεν marks the angel's taking/possession of the censer as the state from which the following aorist actions proceed. The aorists then narrate the decisive actions: he filled it, cast it, and there came to be voices/thunders/lightnings/earthquake.
• Fire source: ἐκ τοῦ πυρὸς τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου uses ἐκ + genitive for source: the censer is filled "from the fire of the altar." The nested genitive τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου modifies πυρός, tying the fire specifically to the altar just mentioned in v.3.
• Earthward motion: εἰς τὴν γῆν uses εἰς + accusative to mark direction into/toward the earth. This contrasts with the prior upward/prepositional endpoint ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ in v.4. The syntax therefore tracks a directional reversal: smoke of incense ascends before God, then fire from the altar is cast into the earth.
• Result nouns: βρονταὶ καὶ φωναὶ καὶ ἀστραπαὶ καὶ σεισμός are nominative subjects/complements with ἐγένοντο. The first three are nominative plural feminine; σεισμός is nominative singular masculine. The coordination lists the phenomena that come into being after the casting action.
• Significance for passage reading: The final verse is a tightly sequenced action chain. The grammar moves from possession of the censer, to filling it from altar fire, to casting into earth, to the emergence of judgment-sign phenomena. This is the clearest grammatical transition from intercessory altar imagery to earth-directed action.
• Grammar references: tense-perfect-indicative, tense-perfect, aorist-active-indicative-narrative-chain
• Word studies: G2983-lambano, G3031-libanotos, G4442-pyr, G2379-thysiastērion, G906-ballo, G1027-bronte, G4578-seismos, WG-earthquake, WG-voice

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4. Clause Structure and Discourse Flow

4.1 Rev 8:1 — Temporal Seal Opening and Heavenly Silence

1. Καὶ ὅταν ἤνοιξεν τὴν σφραγῖδα τὴν ἑβδόμην
2. Temporal subordinate clause.
3. Main verb: ἤνοιξεν, aorist active indicative.

4. Object: τὴν σφραγῖδα τὴν ἑβδόμην, article-noun-article-adjective structure marking "the seal, the seventh."

5. ἐγένετο σιγὴ ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ ὡς ἡμιώριον

6. Main clause.
7. Verb: ἐγένετο, aorist middle/deponent indicative.
8. Subject/complement: σιγή.
9. Location: ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ.
10. Approximate duration: ὡς ἡμιώριον.

4.2 Rev 8:2 — Vision Report, Heavenly Station, Trumpets Given

1. καὶ εἶδον τοὺς ἑπτὰ ἀγγέλους
2. Main vision verb: εἶδον, aorist active indicative 1s.

3. Object: τοὺς ἑπτὰ ἀγγέλους.

4. οἳ ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ ἑστήκασιν

5. Relative clause modifying the angels.
6. Perfect verb: ἑστήκασιν, established standing.

7. Prepositional frame: ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ.

8. καὶ ἐδόθησαν αὐτοῖς ἑπτὰ σάλπιγγες

9. Passive commission clause.
10. Verb: ἐδόθησαν, aorist passive.
11. Recipient: αὐτοῖς.
12. Nominative subject of passive: ἑπτὰ σάλπιγγες.

4.3 Rev 8:3-4 — Altar, Censer, Incense, Prayers, Ascent

1. Καὶ ἄλλος ἄγγελος ἦλθεν καὶ ἐστάθη ἐπὶ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου
2. Coordinated aorist verbs: ἦλθεν and ἐστάθη.

3. Location: ἐπὶ + genitive, at/by the altar.

4. ἔχων λιβανωτὸν χρυσοῦν

5. Present active participial modifier of ἄγγελος.

6. Object: λιβανωτὸν χρυσοῦν, golden censer.

7. καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ θυμιάματα πολλὰ

8. Passive reception clause.
9. Recipient: αὐτῷ.

10. Nominative subject: θυμιάματα πολλὰ.

11. ἵνα δώσει ταῖς προσευχαῖς τῶν ἁγίων πάντων ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον τὸ χρυσοῦν τὸ ἐνώπιον τοῦ θρόνου

12. Purpose/result clause with future indicative δώσει.
13. Dative relation: ταῖς προσευχαῖς.
14. Genitive possessors: τῶν ἁγίων πάντων.
15. Destination: ἐπὶ + accusative, upon the golden altar.

16. Altar description: τὸ θυσιαστήριον τὸ χρυσοῦν τὸ ἐνώπιον τοῦ θρόνου, article repetition marking the altar as "the altar, the golden one, the one before the throne."

17. καὶ ἀνέβη ὁ καπνὸς τῶν θυμιαμάτων ταῖς προσευχαῖς τῶν ἁγίων ἐκ χειρὸς τοῦ ἀγγέλου ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ

18. Main verb: ἀνέβη.
19. Subject: ὁ καπνός.
20. Genitive modifier: τῶν θυμιαμάτων.
21. Dative association/relation: ταῖς προσευχαῖς τῶν ἁγίων.
22. Source: ἐκ χειρὸς τοῦ ἀγγέλου.
23. Endpoint/presence: ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ.

4.4 Rev 8:5 — Fire Taken from Altar and Cast Earthward

1. καὶ εἴληφεν ὁ ἄγγελος τὸν λιβανωτόν

2. Perfect active main verb with subject ὁ ἄγγελος and object τὸν λιβανωτόν.

3. καὶ ἐγέμισεν αὐτὸν ἐκ τοῦ πυρὸς τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου

4. Aorist active main verb.
5. Object: αὐτόν, referring to the censer.

6. Source material: ἐκ τοῦ πυρὸς τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου.

7. καὶ ἔβαλεν εἰς τὴν γῆν

8. Aorist active main verb.
9. Motion/direction: εἰς τὴν γῆν.

10. Implied object from context: the filled censer/fire contents.

11. καὶ ἐγένοντο βρονταὶ καὶ φωναὶ καὶ ἀστραπαὶ καὶ σεισμός

12. Result clause with γίνομαι.
13. Coordinated nominative phenomena as subject/complement.

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5. Pattern Notes

• greek_parser.py --similar "REV 8:3" --min-sim 0.6 --limit 5 returned no verses at or above 0.6 similarity.
• greek_parser.py --similar "REV 8:5" --min-sim 0.6 --limit 5 returned no verses at or above 0.6 similarity.

The lack of close whole-verse morphological matches is not itself an interpretive argument, but it does confirm that the exact clause shape of vv.3 and 5 is not a common reusable NT morph pattern at that threshold.

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6. Cross-References

Grammar Library

• aorist-active-indicative-narrative-chain
• aorist-passive-indicative
• divine-passive
• tense-perfect-indicative
• tense-perfect

Word Studies

• Silence/opening: G455-anoigo, G4602-sige, WG-opened
• Giving/standing: G1325-didomi, G2476-histemi, WG-giving, WG-stood
• Incense/censer/altar/prayers: G2368-thymiama, G3031-libanotos, G2379-thysiastērion, G2586-kapnos, WG-incense, WG-smoke, WG-prayer, WG-altar
• Fire/judgment phenomena: G4442-pyr, G906-ballo, G1027-bronte, G4578-seismos, WG-earthquake, WG-voice

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7. Summary for Reuse

Rev 8:1-5 is grammatically organized as a transition sequence. The seventh seal is opened by an aorist active indicative, and silence comes to be in heaven through a γίνομαι clause. The seven angels are described by a perfect active ἑστήκασιν as already standing before God, then receive trumpets through an aorist passive. The other angel comes and stands at/by the altar, holding a golden censer, and receives much incense through another aorist passive. The incense is syntactically joined to the prayers of the saints by repeated dative phrases, and the smoke of the incense ascends before God from the angel's hand. Verse 5 then reverses direction: the angel takes the censer, fills it from the fire of the altar, casts it into the earth, and the resulting phenomena come to be. The grammar therefore marks a movement from heavenly silence, to authorized liturgical action, to upward incense/prayer ascent, to earthward altar-fire action.