2 Thessalonians 2:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And then shall be revealed the lawless one, whom the Lord Jesus shall slay with the breath of his mouth, and bring to nought by the manifestation of his coming;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ τότε ἀποκαλυφθήσεται ὁ Ἄνομος, ὃν ὁ Κύριος ἀναλώσει τῷ πνεύματι τοῦ στόματος αὐτοῦ, καὶ καταργήσει τῇ ἐπιφανείᾳ τῆς παρουσίας αὐτοῦ:

Transliteration

And then apokalyphthēsetai the Anomos, whom the Kyrios analōsei by the pneumati of the stomatos of him, and katargēsei by the epiphaneia of the parousias of him:

Grammar Details

• *apokalyphthēsetai*: verb, future passive indicative, 3rd person singular - will be revealed
• *Anomos*: nominative, masculine singular - lawless one
• *Kyrios*: nominative, masculine singular - Lord
• *analōsei*: verb, future active indicative, 3rd person singular - will consume/destroy
• *pneumati*: dative, neuter singular - spirit/breath
• *stomatos*: genitive, neuter singular - mouth
• *katargēsei*: verb, future active indicative, 3rd person singular - will abolish/render powerless
• *epiphaneia*: dative, feminine singular - appearance/manifestation
• *parousias*: genitive, feminine singular - coming/presence

Word Meanings

• *apokalyphthēsetai*: will be revealed/unveiled/disclosed
• *Anomos*: lawless one/lawless person/one without law
• *analōsei*: will consume/destroy/slay/abolish
• *pneumati*: spirit/breath/wind
• *stomatos*: mouth/speech/utterance
• *katargēsei*: will abolish/render powerless/nullify/bring to an end
• *epiphaneia*: appearance/manifestation/brightness/splendor
• *parousias*: coming/presence/arrival/advent

Referenced Verses

• Isa 11:4 : 4 but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
• 2 Thess 2:3 : 3 let no man beguile you in any wise: for [it will not be,] except the falling away come first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition,
• Rev 19:15 : 15 And out of his mouth proceedeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress {G3631} of the fierceness of the wrath of God, the Almighty.
• Dan 7:10-11 : 10 A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousands of thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened. 11 I beheld at that time because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake; I beheld even till the beast was slain, and its body destroyed, and it was given to be burned with fire.
• Rev 2:16 : 16 Repent therefore; or else {G1161} I come to thee quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of my mouth.
• Rev 18:8-9 : 8 Therefore {G1223} in one day shall her plagues come, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire; for strong is the Lord God who judged her. 9 And the kings of the earth, who committed fornication and lived wantonly with her, shall weep {G846} and wail over her, when they look upon the smoke of her burning, 10 standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
• Job 4:9 : 9 By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of his anger are they consumed.
• Ps 18:15 : 15 Then the channels of waters appeared, And the foundations of the world were laid bare, At thy rebuke, O Jehovah, At the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
• Dan 7:26 : 26 But the judgment shall be set, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end.
• Hos 6:5 : 5 Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are [as] the light that goeth forth.
• Matt 13:19 : 19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, [then] cometh the evil [one], and snatcheth away that which hath been sown in his heart. This is he that was sown by the way side.
• Matt 13:38 : 38 [and the field] [is] [the world;] [and the good] [seed,] [these] [are] [the sons] [of the kingdom;] [and the tares] [are] [the sons] [of the evil] [one];
• 2 Thess 1:8-9 : 8 rendering vengeance to them that know not God, and to them that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus: 9 who shall suffer punishment, [even] eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,
• 1 Tim 6:14 : 14 that thou keep the commandment, without spot, without reproach, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:
• 2 Tim 1:10 : 10 but hath now been manifested by the appearing of our Saviour Christ Jesus, who abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,
• 2 Tim 4:1 : 1 I charge [thee] in the sight of God, and of {G2962} Christ Jesus, who shall judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:
• 2 Tim 4:8 : 8 henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give to me at that day; and not to me only, but also to all them that have loved his appearing.
• Titus 2:13 : 13 looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
• Heb 10:27 : 27 but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fierceness of fire which shall devour the adversaries.
• 1 John 2:13 : 13 I write unto you, fathers, because ye know him who is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the evil one. I have written unto you, little children, because ye know the Father.
• 1 John 3:12 : 12 not as Cain was of the evil one, and slew his brother. And wherefore {G5101} slew he him? Because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
• 1 John 5:18 : 18 We know that whosoever is begotten of God sinneth not; but he that was begotten of God keepeth himself, and the evil one toucheth him not.
• Rev 1:16 : 16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
• Rev 19:20-21 : 20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought the signs in his sight, {G1722} wherewith he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast and them that worshipped his image: they two were cast alive into the lake of fire that burneth with brimstone: 21 and the rest were killed with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, [even the sword] which came forth out of his mouth: and all the birds were filled with their flesh.
• Rev 20:10 : 10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where are also the beast and the false prophet; and they shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.