KJV: And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
YLT: And there was given to it a mouth speaking great things, and evil-speakings, and there was given to it authority to make war forty-two months,
Darby: And there was given to it a mouth, speaking great things and blasphemies; and there was given to it authority to pursue its career forty-two months.
ASV: and there was given to him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and there was given to him authority to continue forty and two months.
| ἐδόθη | was given |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Passive, 3rd Person Singular Root: διδῶ Sense: to give. |
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| αὐτῷ | to it |
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Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Dative Neuter 3rd Person Singular Root: αὐτός Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself. |
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| στόμα | a mouth |
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Parse: Noun, Nominative Neuter Singular Root: στόμα Sense: the mouth, as part of the body: of man, of animals, of fish, etc. |
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| λαλοῦν | speaking |
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Parse: Verb, Present Participle Active, Nominative Neuter Singular Root: ἀπολαλέω Sense: to utter a voice or emit a sound. |
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| μεγάλα | great things |
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Parse: Adjective, Accusative Neuter Plural Root: μέγας Sense: great. |
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| βλασφημίας | blasphemy |
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Parse: Noun, Accusative Feminine Plural Root: βλασφημία Sense: slander, detraction, speech injurious, to another’s good name. |
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| ἐξουσία | authority |
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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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| ποιῆσαι | to act |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Infinitive Active Root: ποιέω Sense: to make. |
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| μῆνας | months |
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Parse: Noun, Accusative Masculine Plural Root: μήν2 Sense: a month. |
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| τεσσεράκοντα | forty |
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Parse: Adjective, Accusative Masculine Plural Root: τεσσαράκοντα Sense: forty. |
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| δύο | two |
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Parse: Adjective, Accusative Masculine Plural Root: δύο Sense: the two, the twain. |
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Greek Commentary for Revelation 13:5
First aorist passive indicative of διδωμι didōmi to give, as in next line and Revelation 13:7. Perhaps a reference to εδωκεν edōken (he gave) in Revelation 13:4, where the dragon (Satan) gave the beast his power. The ultimate source of power is God, but the reference seems to be Satan here. [source]
Present active participle of λαλεω laleō agreeing with στομα stoma (nominative neuter singular and subject of εδοτη edothē). The words are like Daniel‘s description of the Little Horn (Daniel 7:8, Daniel 7:20, Daniel 7:25) and like the description of Antiochus Epiphanes (1 Macc. 1:24). Cf. 2 Peter 2:11.To continue (ποιησαι poiēsai). First aorist active infinitive (epexegetic use) of ποιεω poieō either in the sense of working (signs), as in Daniel 8:12-14, with the accusative of duration of time (μηνας mēnas months), or more likely in the sense of doing time, with μηνας mēnas as the direct object as in Matthew 20:12; Acts 20:3; James 4:13. [source]
First aorist active infinitive (epexegetic use) of ποιεω poieō either in the sense of working (signs), as in Daniel 8:12-14, with the accusative of duration of time (μηνας mēnas months), or more likely in the sense of doing time, with μηνας mēnas as the direct object as in Matthew 20:12; Acts 20:3; James 4:13. [source]
Lit., to make forty and two months. Similarly, Acts 15:33, ποιήσαντες χρόνον havingtarried a space; lit., having made a time. See on continued there a year, James 4:13. The best expositors, however, render ποιῆσαι absolutely, to work, and the following accusative as the accusative of duration, “during forty and two months.” Rev., margin to do his works during, etc. See Daniel 11:28. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Revelation 13:5
A period which appears in three forms in Revelation: forty-two months (Revelation 13:5); twelve hundred and sixty days (Revelation 11:3, Revelation 12:6); a time, times and half a time, or three years and a half (Revelation 12:14, compare Daniel 7:25; Daniel 12:7) [source]
Literally, “cast without” (second aorist active imperative of εκβαλλω ekballō not measure it Prohibition with μη mē and the first aorist active (ingressive) subjunctive of μετρεω metreō This outer court is left to its fate. In Herod‘s temple the outer court was marked off from the inner by “the middle wall of partition” Future active of πατεω pateō here to trample with contempt as in Luke 21:24, even the holy city (Matthew 4:5; Isaiah 48:2; Nehemiah 11:1). Charles thinks that only the heavenly city can be so called here (Revelation 21:2, Revelation 21:10; Revelation 22:19) because of Luke 11:8 (Sodom and Gomorrah). But the language may be merely symbolical. See Daniel 9:24.Forty and two months Accusative of extent of time. This period in Daniel 7:25; Daniel 12:7. It occurs in three forms in the Apocalypse (forty-two months, here and Revelation 13:5; 1260 days, Revelation 11:3; Revelation 12:6; time, times and half a time or 3-1/2 years, Revelation 12:14 and so in Daniel). This period, however its length may be construed, covers the duration of the triumph of the Gentiles, of the prophesying of the two witnesses, of the sojourn of the woman in the wilderness. [source]
Accusative of extent of time. This period in Daniel 7:25; Daniel 12:7. It occurs in three forms in the Apocalypse (forty-two months, here and Revelation 13:5; 1260 days, Revelation 11:3; Revelation 12:6; time, times and half a time or 3-1/2 years, Revelation 12:14 and so in Daniel). This period, however its length may be construed, covers the duration of the triumph of the Gentiles, of the prophesying of the two witnesses, of the sojourn of the woman in the wilderness. [source]
Hebrew redundancy (where - there) as in Revelation 3:8; Revelation 8:9, Revelation 8:9; Revelation 13:8, Revelation 13:12; Revelation 17:9; Revelation 20:8.Prepared (ετοιμαζω hētoimasmenon). Perfect passive predicate participle of τοπος hetoimazō for which verb see Matthew 20:23; Revelation 8:6; Revelation 9:7, Revelation 9:15; Revelation 16:12; Revelation 19:7; Revelation 21:2, and for its use with απο του τεου topos John 14:2. and for the kind of fellowship meant by it (Psalm 31:21; 2 Corinthians 13:13; Colossians 3:3; 1 John 1:3).Of God “From (by) God,” marking the source as God (Revelation 9:18; James 1:13). This anticipatory symbolism is repeated in Revelation 12:13.That there they may nourish her (ινα hina ekei trephōsin autēn). Purpose clause with τρεπουσιν hina and the present for continued action: active subjunctive according to A P though C reads τρεπεται trephousin present active indicative, as is possible also in Revelation 13:17 and certainly so in 1 John 5:20 (Robertson, Grammar, p. 984), a solecism in late vernacular Greek. The plural is indefinite “they” as in Revelation 10:11; Revelation 11:9. One MSS. has trephetai (is nourished). The stereotyped phrase occurs here, as in Revelation 11:2., for the length of the dragon‘s power, repeated in Revelation 12:14 in more general terms and again in Revelation 13:5. [source]
“From (by) God,” marking the source as God (Revelation 9:18; James 1:13). This anticipatory symbolism is repeated in Revelation 12:13.That there they may nourish her (ινα hina ekei trephōsin autēn). Purpose clause with τρεπουσιν hina and the present for continued action: active subjunctive according to A P though C reads τρεπεται trephousin present active indicative, as is possible also in Revelation 13:17 and certainly so in 1 John 5:20 (Robertson, Grammar, p. 984), a solecism in late vernacular Greek. The plural is indefinite “they” as in Revelation 10:11; Revelation 11:9. One MSS. has trephetai (is nourished). The stereotyped phrase occurs here, as in Revelation 11:2., for the length of the dragon‘s power, repeated in Revelation 12:14 in more general terms and again in Revelation 13:5. [source]
Purpose clause with τρεπουσιν hina and the present for continued action: active subjunctive according to A P though C reads τρεπεται trephousin present active indicative, as is possible also in Revelation 13:17 and certainly so in 1 John 5:20 (Robertson, Grammar, p. 984), a solecism in late vernacular Greek. The plural is indefinite “they” as in Revelation 10:11; Revelation 11:9. One MSS. has trephetai (is nourished). The stereotyped phrase occurs here, as in Revelation 11:2., for the length of the dragon‘s power, repeated in Revelation 12:14 in more general terms and again in Revelation 13:5. [source]
“Face to face with God” in sheer defiance, like Milton‘s picture of Satan in Paradise Lost. See Daniel 7:25; Daniel 8:10. The aorist ηνοιχεν ēnoixen is probably constative, for he repeated the blasphemies, though the phrase This verse explains Revelation 13:5. The Roman emperors blasphemously assumed divine names in public documents. They directed their blasphemy against heaven itself (“his tabernacle,” την σκηνην αυτου tēn skēnēn autou Revelation 7:15; Revelation 12:12; Revelation 21:3) and against “them that dwell in the heaven” (τους εν τωι ουρανωι σκηνουντας tous en tōi ouranōi skēnountas), the same phrase of Revelation 12:12 (either angels or the redeemed or both). [source]