Revelation 9:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he opened the pit of the abyss; and there went up a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἤνοιξεν τὸ φρέαρ τῆς ἀβύσσου· καὶ ἀνέβη καπνὸς ἐκ τοῦ φρέατος, ὡς καπνὸς καμίνου μεγάλης· καὶ ἐσκοτίσθη ὁ ἥλιος καὶ ὁ ἀὴρ ἐκ τοῦ καπνοῦ τοῦ φρέατος.

Transliteration

And ēnoixen the phrear of the abyssou; and anebē kapnos from the phreatos, as kapnos kaminou megalēs; and eskotisthē the hēlios and the aēr from the kapnou of the phreatos.

Grammar Details

*ēnoixen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - opened
*phrear*: accusative, neuter, singular - pit/shaft/well
*abyssou*: genitive, feminine, singular - abyss/bottomless pit
*anebē*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - went up/ascended
*kapnos*: nominative, masculine, singular - smoke
*phreatos*: genitive, neuter, singular - pit/shaft/well
*kaminou*: genitive, feminine, singular - furnace/oven
*megalēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - great/large
*eskotisthē*: aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular - was darkened
*hēlios*: nominative, masculine, singular - sun
*aēr*: nominative, masculine, singular - air/atmosphere
*kapnou*: genitive, masculine, singular - smoke

Word Meanings

*anebē*: went up/ascended/rose
*kaminou*: furnace/oven/kiln
*eskotisthē*: was darkened/obscured/dimmed

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Referenced Verses

Gen 19:28 : 28 and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the Plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a furnace.
Joel 2:2 : 2 a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, as the dawn spread upon the mountains; a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after them, even to the years of many generations.
Joel 2:10 : 10 The earth quaketh before them; the heavens tremble; the sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
Isa 14:31 : 31 Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou art melted away, O Philistia, all of thee; for there cometh a smoke out of the north, and there is no straggler in his ranks.
Rev 14:11 : 11 and the smoke of their torment goeth up for ever and ever; and they have no rest day and night, they that worship the beast and his image, and whoso receiveth the mark of his name.
Gen 15:17 : 17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch that passed between these pieces.
Exod 10:21-23 : 21 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Stretch out thy hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt. 22 And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days; 23 they saw not one another, neither rose any one from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
Exod 19:18 : 18 And mount Sinai, the whole of it, smoked, because Jehovah descended upon it in fire; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
Joel 2:30 : 30 And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
Acts 2:19 : 19 And I will show wonders in the heaven above, And signs on the earth beneath; Blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke:
Rev 8:12 : 12 And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; that the third part of them should be darkened, and the day should not shine for the third part of it, and the night in like manner.
Rev 9:17 : 17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates [as] of fire and of hyacinth and of brimstone: and the {G2776} {G2462} heads of lions; and out of their mouths proceedeth fire and smoke and brimstone.

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