KJV: And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
YLT: 'And when they may finish their testimony, the beast that is coming up out of the abyss shall make war with them, and overcome them, and kill them,
Darby: And when they shall have completed their testimony, the beast who comes up out of the abyss shall make war with them, and shall conquer them, and shall kill them:
ASV: And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that cometh up out of the abyss shall make war with them, and overcome them, and kill them.
τελέσωσιν | they shall have completed |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Subjunctive Active, 3rd Person Plural Root: τελέω Sense: to bring to a close, to finish, to end. |
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μαρτυρίαν | testimony |
Parse: Noun, Accusative Feminine Singular Root: μαρτυρία Sense: a testifying. |
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αὐτῶν | of them |
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural Root: αὐτός Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself. |
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θηρίον | beast |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Neuter Singular Root: θηρίον Sense: an animal. |
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τὸ | - |
Parse: Article, Nominative Neuter Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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ἀναβαῖνον | coming up |
Parse: Verb, Present Participle Active, Nominative Neuter Singular Root: ἀναβαίνω Sense: ascend. |
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ἐκ | out of |
Parse: Preposition Root: ἐκ Sense: out of, from, by, away from. |
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ἀβύσσου | Abyss |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Feminine Singular Root: ἄβυσσος Sense: bottomless. |
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ποιήσει | will make |
Parse: Verb, Future Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: ποιέω Sense: to make. |
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πόλεμον | war |
Parse: Noun, Accusative Masculine Singular Root: πόλεμος Sense: a war. |
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νικήσει | will overcome |
Parse: Verb, Future Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: νικάω Sense: to conquer. |
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ἀποκτενεῖ | will kill |
Parse: Verb, Future Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: ἀποκτείνω Sense: to kill in any way whatever. |
Greek Commentary for Revelation 11:7
Merely the first aorist active subjunctive of τελεω teleō with οταν hotan in an indefinite temporal clause with no futurum exactum (future perfect), “whenever they finish.” [source]
“The wild beast comes out of the abyss” of Revelation 9:1. He reappears in Revelation 13:1; Revelation 17:8. In Daniel 7:3 τηρια thēria occurs. Nothing less than antichrist will satisfy the picture here. Some see the abomination of Daniel 7:7; Matthew 24:15. Some see Nero redivivus.He shall make war with them (ποιησει μετ αυτων πολεμον poiēsei met' autōn polemon). This same phrase occurs in Revelation 12:17 about the dragon‘s attack on the woman. It is more the picture of single combat (Revelation 2:16).He shall overcome them Future active of νικαω nikaō The victory of the beast over the two witnesses is certain, as in Daniel 7:21.And kill them (και αποκτενει kai apoktenei). Future active of αποκτεινω apokteinō Without attempting to apply this prophecy to specific individuals or times, one can agree with these words of Swete: “But his words cover in effect all the martyrdoms and massacres of history in which brute force has seemed to triumph over truth and righteousness.” [source]
This same phrase occurs in Revelation 12:17 about the dragon‘s attack on the woman. It is more the picture of single combat (Revelation 2:16). [source]
Future active of νικαω nikaō The victory of the beast over the two witnesses is certain, as in Daniel 7:21.And kill them (και αποκτενει kai apoktenei). Future active of αποκτεινω apokteinō Without attempting to apply this prophecy to specific individuals or times, one can agree with these words of Swete: “But his words cover in effect all the martyrdoms and massacres of history in which brute force has seemed to triumph over truth and righteousness.” [source]
Future active of αποκτεινω apokteinō Without attempting to apply this prophecy to specific individuals or times, one can agree with these words of Swete: “But his words cover in effect all the martyrdoms and massacres of history in which brute force has seemed to triumph over truth and righteousness.” [source]
Wild beast. See on Revelation 4:6. A different word from that wrongly translated beast, Revelation 4:6, Revelation 4:7; Revelation 5:6, etc. Compare Revelation 13:1; Revelation 17:8, and see Revelation href="/desk/?q=re+9:1&sr=1">Revelation 9:1. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Revelation 11:7
Rare old word common in lxx from α a privative and βατς bathūs (deep). So bottomless place (supply χωρα chōra). The deep sea in Genesis 1:2; Genesis 7:11. The common receptacle of the dead in Romans 10:7 and especially the abode of demons as here and Revelation 9:1-11; Revelation 11:7; Revelation 17:8; Revelation 20:1, Revelation 20:3. [source]
The accusative case as in Revelation 7:1; Revelation 8:3, etc. Αμμος Ammos is an old word for sand, for innumerable multitude in Revelation 20:8.Out of the sea (εκ της ταλασσης ek tēs thalassēs). See Revelation 11:7 for “the beast coming up out of the abyss.” The imagery comes from Daniel 7:3. See also Revelation 17:8. This “wild beast from the sea,” as in Daniel 7:17, Daniel 7:23, is a vast empire used in the interest of brute force. This beast, like the dragon (Revelation 12:3), has ten horns and seven heads, but the horns are crowned, not the heads. The Roman Empire seems to be meant here (Revelation 17:9, Revelation 17:12). On “diadems” (διαδηματα diadēmata) see Revelation 12:3, only ten here, not seven as there.Names of blasphemy See Revelation 17:3 for this same phrase. The meaning is made plain by the blasphemous titles assumed by the Roman emperors in the first and second centuries, as shown by the inscriptions in Ephesus, which have τεος theos constantly applied to them. [source]
See Revelation 11:7 for “the beast coming up out of the abyss.” The imagery comes from Daniel 7:3. See also Revelation 17:8. This “wild beast from the sea,” as in Daniel 7:17, Daniel 7:23, is a vast empire used in the interest of brute force. This beast, like the dragon (Revelation 12:3), has ten horns and seven heads, but the horns are crowned, not the heads. The Roman Empire seems to be meant here (Revelation 17:9, Revelation 17:12). On “diadems” (διαδηματα diadēmata) see Revelation 12:3, only ten here, not seven as there. [source]
Perfect active participle of πιπτω piptō already down. In Luke 10:18 note πεσοντα pesonta (constative aorist active, like a flash of lightning) after ετεωρουν etheōroun and in Revelation 7:2 note αναβαινοντα anabainonta (present active and linear, coming up, picturing the process) after ειδον eidon the pit of the abyss Αβυσσος Abussos is an old adjective (alpha privative and βυτος buthos depth, without depth), but η αβυσσος hē abussos (supply χωρα chōra place), the bottomless place. It occurs in Romans 10:7 for the common receptacle of the dead for Hades (Sheol), but in Luke 8:31 a lower depth is sounded (Swete), for the abode of demons, and in this sense it occurs in Revelation 9:1, Revelation 9:2, Revelation 9:11; Revelation 11:7; Revelation 17:8; Revelation 20:1, Revelation 20:3. Πρεαρ Phrear is an old word for well or cistern (Luke 14:5; John 4:11.) and it occurs in Revelation 9:1. for the mouth of the abyss which is pictured as a cistern with a narrow orifice at the entrance and this fifth angel holds the key to it. [source]