Revelation 8:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became {G1519} wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ ἀστέρος λέγεται Ἄψινθος: καὶ ἐγένετο τὸ τρίτον τῶν ὑδάτων εἰς ἄψινθον· καὶ πολλοὶ ἀνθρώπων ἀπέθανον ἐκ τῶν ὑδάτων, ὅτι ἐπικράνθησαν.

Transliteration

And the onoma of the asteros legetai Apsinthos: and egeneto the third of the hydatōn into apsinthon; and many anthrōpōn apethanon from the hydatōn, because epikranthēsan.

Grammar Details

*onoma*: nominative, neuter, singular - name
*asteros*: genitive, masculine, singular - of the star
*legetai*: present passive indicative, 3rd singular - is called
*Apsinthos*: nominative, masculine, singular - Wormwood [proper name]
*egeneto*: aorist middle indicative, 3rd singular - became
*hydatōn*: genitive, neuter, plural - of waters
*apsinthon*: accusative, masculine, singular - wormwood/bitterness
*anthrōpōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - of men/people
*apethanon*: aorist active indicative, 3rd plural - died [completed action]
*epikranthēsan*: aorist passive indicative, 3rd plural - were made bitter

Word Meanings

*onoma*: name/title/designation
*asteros*: star/celestial body
*legetai*: is called/is named/is said to be
*Apsinthos*: Wormwood/Bitterness [proper name]
*egeneto*: became/turned into/was made
*hydatōn*: waters/bodies of water
*apsinthon*: wormwood/bitterness/bitter herb
*anthrōpōn*: men/people/human beings
*apethanon*: died/perished
*epikranthēsan*: were made bitter/were embittered/became poisonous

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Referenced Verses

Jer 9:15 : 15 therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.
Jer 23:15 : 15 Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts concerning the prophets: Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem is ungodliness gone forth into all the land.
Exod 15:23 : 23 And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.
Deut 29:18 : 18 lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from Jehovah our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;
Ruth 1:20 : 20 And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara; for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
Prov 5:4 : 4 But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.
Lam 3:5 : 5 He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
Lam 3:19 : 19 Remember mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
Amos 5:7 : 7 Ye who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,
Amos 6:12 : 12 Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? that ye have turned justice into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood;
Heb 12:15 : 15 looking carefully lest [there be] any man that falleth short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble [you], and thereby {G1223} the many be defiled;
Rev 8:7 : 7 And the first {G32} sounded, and there followed hail and fire, mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of the earth was burnt up, and the third part of the trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

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