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Revelation 16:8

Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given power to scorch the people with fire.

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ASV

And the fourth poured out his bowl upon the sun; and it was given unto it to scorch men with fire.

KJV

And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.

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18 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
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ἐξέχεενexecheenpoured outG1632 →
τὴνtēntheG3588 →
φιάληνphialēnbowlG5357 →
αὐτοῦautouof himG846 →
ἐπὶepiuponG1909 →
τὸνtontheG3588 →
ἥλιον,hēlionsun,G2246 →
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ἐδόθηedothēthere was givenG1325 →
αὐτῷautōto itG846 →
καυματίσαιkaumatisaito scorchG2739 →
τοὺςtous<the>G3588 →
ἀνθρώπουςanthrōpousmenG444 →
ἐνenwithG1722 →
πυρί.purifire.G4442 →

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Revelation 14:18Still another angel, with authority over the fire, came from the altar and called out in a loud voice to the angel with the sharp sickle, “Swing your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the vine of the earth, because its grapes are ripe.”Jonah 4:8As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint and wished to die, saying, “It is better for me to die than to live.”Acts 2:20The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and glorious Day of the Lord.Luke 21:25There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the surging of the waves.Revelation 7:16‘Never again will they hunger, and never will they thirst; nor will the sun beat down upon them, nor any scorching heat.’Revelation 8:12Then the fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun and moon and stars were struck. A third of the stars were darkened, a third of the day was without light, and a third of the night as well.Revelation 6:12And when I saw the Lamb open the sixth seal, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red,Revelation 9:2The star opened the pit of the Abyss, and smoke rose out of it like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the pit.Isaiah 24:23The moon will be confounded and the sun will be ashamed; for the LORD of Hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before His elders with great glory.Matthew 13:6But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.Revelation 9:20Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.Revelation 9:17–18Now the horses and riders in my vision looked like this: The riders had breastplates the colors of fire, sapphire, and sulfur. The heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, and out of their mouths proceeded fire, smoke, and sulfur.Nahum 1:6Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before Him.

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