Revelation 12:15
Then from the mouth of the serpent spewed water like a river to overtake the woman and sweep her away in the torrent.
BSB
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ASV
And the serpent cast out of his mouth after the woman water as a river, that he might cause her to be carried away by the stream.
KJV
And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.
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18 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| καὶ | kai | And | G2532 → |
| ἔβαλεν | ebalen | cast | G906 → |
| ὁ | ho | the | G3588 → |
| ὄφις | ophis | serpent | G3789 → |
| ἐκ | ek | out of | G1537 → |
| τοῦ | tou | the | G3588 → |
| στόματος | stomatos | mouth | G4750 → |
| αὐτοῦ | autou | of him | G846 → |
| ὀπίσω | opisō | after | G3694 → |
| τῆς | tēs | the | G3588 → |
| γυναικὸς | gunaikos | woman | G1135 → |
| ὕδωρ | hudōr | water | G5204 → |
| ὡς | hōs | as | G5613 → |
| ποταμόν, | potamon | a river, | G4215 → |
| ἵνα | ina | so that | G2443 → |
| αὐτὴν | autēn | her | G846 → |
| ποταμοφόρητον | potamophorēton | carried away by a flood | G4216 → |
| ποιήσῃ. | poiēsē | he may cause to be. | G4160 → |
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