KJV: And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
YLT: And out of the smoke came forth locusts to the earth, and there was given to them authority, as scorpions of the earth have authority,
Darby: And out of the smoke came forth locusts on the earth, and power was given to them as the scorpions of the earth have power;
ASV: And out of the smoke came forth locusts upon the earth; and power was given them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
| ἐκ | out of |
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Parse: Preposition Root: ἐκ Sense: out of, from, by, away from. |
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| καπνοῦ | smoke |
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Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: καπνός Sense: smoke. |
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| ἐξῆλθον | came forth |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural Root: ἐξέρχομαι Sense: to go or come forth of. |
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| ἀκρίδες | locusts |
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Parse: Noun, Nominative Feminine Plural Root: ἀκρίς Sense: a locust, particularly that species which especially infests oriental countries, stripping fields and trees. |
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| εἰς | unto |
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Parse: Preposition Root: εἰς Sense: into, unto, to, towards, for, among. |
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| γῆν | earth |
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Parse: Noun, Accusative Feminine Singular Root: γῆ Sense: arable land. |
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| ἐδόθη | was given |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Passive, 3rd Person Singular Root: διδῶ Sense: to give. |
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| αὐταῖς | to them |
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Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Dative Feminine 3rd Person Plural Root: αὐτός Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself. |
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| ἐξουσία | power |
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Parse: Noun, Nominative Feminine Singular Root: ἐξουσία Sense: power of choice, liberty of doing as one pleases. |
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| ὡς | like |
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Parse: Adverb Root: ὡς Sense: as, like, even as, etc. |
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| ἐξουσίαν | power |
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Parse: Noun, Accusative Feminine Singular Root: ἐξουσία Sense: power of choice, liberty of doing as one pleases. |
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| σκορπίοι | scorpions |
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Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: σκορπίος Sense: a scorpion, the name of a little animal, somewhat resembling a lobster, which in warm regions lurk, esp. |
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| τῆς | of the |
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Parse: Article, Genitive Feminine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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| γῆς | earth |
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Parse: Noun, Genitive Feminine Singular Root: γῆ Sense: arable land. |
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Greek Commentary for Revelation 9:3
Also Revelation 9:7 and already in Matthew 3:4; Mark 1:6 (diet of the Baptist). The Israelites were permitted to eat them, but when the swarms came like the eighth Egyptian plague (Exodus 10:13.) they devoured every green thing. The smoke was worse than the fallen star and the locusts that came out of the smoke were worse still, “a swarm of hellish locusts” (Swete). [source]
Old name for a little animal somewhat like a lobster that lurks in stone walls in warm regions, with a venomous sting in its tail, in N.T. in Luke 10:19; Luke 11:12; Revelation 9:3, Revelation 9:5, Revelation 9:10. The scorpion ranks with the snake as hostile to man. [source]
The idea of this plague is from the eighth plague in Egypt (Exodus 10:14, Exodus 10:15). Compare the description of a visitation of locusts in Joel 2; Matthew 3:4; Mark 1:6. [source]
See Ezekiel 2:6; Luke 10:19; Luke 11:12. Shaped like a lobster, living in damp places, under stones, in clefts of walls, cellars, etc. The sting is in the extremity of the tail. The sting of the Syrian scorpion is not fatal, though very painful. The same is true of the West Indian scorpion. Thomson says that those of North Africa are said to be larger, and that their poison frequently causes death. The wilderness of Sinai is especially alluded to as being inhabited by scorpions at the time of the Exodus (Deuteronomy 8:15); and to this very day they are common in the same district. A part of the mountains bordering on Palestine in the south was named from these Akrabbim Akrab being the Hebrew for scorpion. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Revelation 9:3
The phrase went out from, may mean either removal (Revelation 18:4; John 8:59) or origin (Revelation 9:3; Revelation 14:13, Revelation 14:15, Revelation 14:17; Revelation 19:5, Revelation 19:21). Here the latter, as appears from the following clause. Compare Acts 20:30. [source]
As in Revelation 8:2; Revelation 9:1, Revelation 9:3. [source]
Old name for a little animal somewhat like a lobster that lurks in stone walls in warm regions, with a venomous sting in its tail, in N.T. in Luke 10:19; Luke 11:12; Revelation 9:3, Revelation 9:5, Revelation 9:10. The scorpion ranks with the snake as hostile to man. [source]