Revelation 10:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and he cried with a great voice, as a lion roareth: and when he cried, the seven thunders uttered their voices.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἔκραξεν φωνῇ μεγάλῃ, ὥσπερ λέων μυκᾶται: καὶ ὅτε ἔκραξεν, ἐλάλησαν αἱ ἑπτὰ βρονταὶ τὰς ἑαυτῶν φωνάς.

Transliteration

And ekraxen phōnē megalē, like leōn mykatai: and when ekraxen, elalēsan the seven brontai the of themselves phōnas.

Grammar Details

*ekraxen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - cried out/shouted [completed action]
*phōnē*: dative, feminine, singular - voice/sound (instrumental use)
*megalē*: dative, feminine, singular - great/loud
*leōn*: nominative, masculine, singular - lion
*mykatai*: present middle indicative, 3rd person singular - roars/bellows
*elalēsan*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural - spoke/uttered [completed action]
*brontai*: nominative, feminine, plural - thunders
*phōnas*: accusative, feminine, plural - voices/sounds

Word Meanings

*ekraxen*: cried out/shouted/called aloud
*phōnē*: voice/sound/tone
*megalē*: great/loud/mighty
*mykatai*: roars/bellows/makes a loud noise
*brontai*: thunders/thunder-sounds
*phōnas*: voices/sounds/utterances

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Joel 3:16 : 16 And Jehovah will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but Jehovah will be a refuge unto his people, and a stronghold to the children of Israel.
Amos 1:2 : 2 And he said, Jehovah will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the pastures of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.
Isa 31:4 : 4 For thus saith Jehovah unto me, As the lion and the young lion growling over his prey, if a multitude of shepherds be called forth against him, will not be dismayed at their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so will Jehovah of hosts come down to fight upon mount Zion, and upon the hill thereof.
Isa 42:13 : 13 Jehovah will go forth as a mighty man; he will stir up [his] zeal like a man of war: he will cry, yea, he will shout aloud; he will do mightily against his enemies.
Jer 25:30 : 30 Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, Jehovah will roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he will mightily roar against his fold; he will give a shout, as they that tread [the grapes], against all the inhabitants of the earth.
Prov 19:12 : 12 The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; But his favor is as dew upon the grass.
Isa 5:29 : 29 their roaring shall be like a lioness, they shall roar like young lions; yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and carry it away safe, and there shall be none to deliver.
Amos 3:8 : 8 The lion hath roared; who will not fear? The Lord Jehovah hath spoken; who can but prophesy?
Rev 4:5 : 5 And out of the throne proceed lightnings and voices and thunders. And [there were] seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God;
Rev 8:5 : 5 And the angel taketh the censer; and he filled it with the fire of the altar, and cast it upon the earth: and there followed thunders, and voices, and lightnings, and an earthquake.
Rev 14:2 : 2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and the voice which I heard [was] as [the voice] of harpers harping with their harps:
Rev 15:1 : 1 And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having seven plagues, [which are] the last, for in them is finished the wrath of God.
Rev 15:7 : 7 And one of the four living creatures gave unto the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever.

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Rev 9:13
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Rev 15:7
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Amos 3:4
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