Revelation 20:8
and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to assemble them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the seashore.
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ASV
and shall come forth to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to the war: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
KJV
And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
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30 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| ἐξελεύσεται | exeleusetai | will go out | G1831 → |
| πλανῆσαι | planēsai | to deceive | G4105 → |
| τὰ | ta | the | G3588 → |
| ἔθνη | ethnē | nations | G1484 → |
| τὰ | ta | <the> | G3588 → |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → |
| ταῖς | tais | the | G3588 → |
| τέσσαρσιν | tessarsin | four | G5064 → |
| γωνίαις | gōniais | corners | G1137 → |
| τῆς | tēs | of the | G3588 → |
| γῆς, | gēs | earth, | G1093 → |
| τὸν | ton | <the> | G3588 → |
| Γὼγ | Gōg | Gog | G1136 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| Μαγώγ, | Magōg | Magog, | G3098 → |
| συναγαγεῖν | sunagagein | to gather together | G4863 → |
| αὐτοὺς | autous | them | G846 → |
| εἰς | eis | unto | G1519 → |
| τὸν | ton | the | G3588 → |
| πόλεμον, | polemon | war, | G4171 → |
| ὧν | hōn | of whom | G3739 → |
| ὁ | ho | the | G3588 → |
| ἀριθμὸς | arithmos | number [is] | G706 → |
| αὐτῶν | autōn | of them | G846 → |
| ὡς | hōs | like | G5613 → |
| ἡ | hē | the | G3588 → |
| ἄμμος | ammos | sand | G285 → |
| τῆς | tēs | of the | G3588 → |
| θαλάσσης. | thalassēs | sea. | G2281 → |
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