Revelation 19:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

that ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses and of them that sit thereon, {G846} and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, and small and great.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἵνα φάγητε σάρκας βασιλέων, καὶ σάρκας χιλιάρχων, καὶ σάρκας ἰσχυρῶν, καὶ σάρκας ἵππων, καὶ τῶν καθημένων ἐπʼ αὐτῶν, καὶ σάρκας πάντων ἐλευθέρων καὶ δούλων, καὶ μικρῶν καὶ μεγάλων.

Transliteration

That you may phagēte sarkas of basileōn, and sarkas of chiliarchōn, and sarkas of ischyrōn, and sarkas of hippōn, and of those kathēmenōn upon them, and sarkas of all eleutherōn and doulōn, and mikrōn and megalōn.

Grammar Details

*phagēte*: aorist subjunctive, active, 2nd person plural - you may eat
*sarkas*: accusative, feminine, plural - flesh
*basileōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - of kings
*chiliarchōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - of commanders/captains
*ischyrōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - of mighty men
*hippōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - of horses
*kathēmenōn*: present participle, middle, genitive, masculine, plural - sitting
*eleutherōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - of free men
*doulōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - of slaves/servants
*mikrōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - of small/little ones
*megalōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - of great ones

Word Meanings

*phagēte*: you may eat/you may devour/you may consume
*sarkas*: flesh/meat/body
*basileōn*: kings/rulers/monarchs
*chiliarchōn*: commanders/captains/military officers
*ischyrōn*: mighty men/strong men/powerful men
*hippōn*: horses/steeds
*kathēmenōn*: sitting/seated/mounted
*eleutherōn*: free men/free persons
*doulōn*: slaves/servants/bondservants
*mikrōn*: small/insignificant/lowly in status
*megalōn*: great/important/high in status

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Referenced Verses

Ezek 39:18-20 : 18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan. 19 And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you. 20 And ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Rev 13:16 : 16 And he causeth all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the bond, that there be given them a mark on their right hand, or upon their forehead;
Rev 6:15 : 15 And the kings of the earth, and the princes, and the chief captains, and the rich, and the strong, and every bondman and {G3956} freeman, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains;
Deut 28:26 : 26 And thy dead body shall be food unto all birds of the heavens, and unto the beasts of the earth; and there shall be none to frighten them away.
1 Sam 17:44 : 44 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the birds of the heavens, and to the beasts of the field.
1 Sam 17:46 : 46 This day will Jehovah deliver thee into my hand; and I will smite thee, and take thy head from off thee; and I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day unto the birds of the heavens, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,
Jer 7:33 : 33 And the dead bodies of this people shall be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall frighten them away.
Jer 16:4 : 4 They shall die grievous deaths: they shall not be lamented, neither shall they be buried; they shall be as dung upon the face of the ground; and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth.
Jer 19:7 : 7 And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies will I give to be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth.
Jer 34:20 : 20 I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life; and their dead bodies shall be for food unto the birds of the heavens, and to the beasts of the earth.
Ezek 29:5 : 5 And I will cast thee forth into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open field; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered; I have given thee for food to the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the heavens.
Ps 110:5-6 : 5 The Lord at thy right hand Will strike through kings in the day of his wrath. 6 He will judge among the nations, He will fill [the places] with dead bodies; He will strike through the head in many countries.
Matt 24:28 : 28 Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
Luke 17:37 : 37 And they answering say unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Where the body [is], thither will the eagles also be gathered together.

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