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Revelation 12:8

But the dragon was not strong enough, and no longer was any place found in heaven for him and his angels.

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ASV

and they prevailed not, neither was their place found any more in heaven.

KJV

And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.

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11 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
καὶkaiAndG2532 →
οὐκouknotG3756 →
ἴσχυσεν,ischusenhe had [enough] strength,G2480 →
οὐδὲoudenorG3761 →
τόποςtoposa placeG5117 →
εὑρέθηheurethēwas foundG2147 →
αὐτῶνautōnfor themG846 →
ἔτιetiany longerG2089 →
ἐνeninG1722 →
τῷtō<the>G3588 →
οὐρανῷ.ouranōheaven.G3772 →

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Psalms 37:10Yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found.Revelation 12:11They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.Revelation 20:11Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them.Jude 1:6And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling—these He has kept in eternal chains under darkness, bound for judgment on that great day.Jeremiah 1:19They will fight against you but will never overcome you, since I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.Revelation 18:21Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again.Job 27:21–23The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.Job 20:9The eye that saw him will see him no more, and his place will no longer behold him.Jeremiah 5:22Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it.Psalms 13:4lest my enemy say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes rejoice when I fall.Psalms 129:2many a time they have persecuted me from my youth, but they have not prevailed against me.Job 8:18If he is uprooted from his place, it will disown him, saying, ‘I never saw you.’Job 7:10He never returns to his house; his place remembers him no more.Acts 1:25to take up this ministry and apostleship, which Judas abandoned to go to his rightful place.”Matthew 16:18And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.Romans 8:31–39What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?Daniel 2:35Then the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were shattered and became like chaff on the threshing floor in summer. The wind carried them away, and not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that had struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.Psalms 118:10–13All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.

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