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Revelation 6:13

and the stars of the sky fell to the earth like unripe figs dropping from a tree shaken by a great wind.

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ASV

and the stars of the heaven fell unto the earth, as a fig tree casteth her unripe figs when she is shaken of a great wind.

KJV

And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.

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19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
καὶkaiandG2532 →
οἱhoitheG3588 →
ἀστέρεςasteresstarsG792 →
τοῦtou<the>G3588 →
οὐρανοῦouranouof heavenG3772 →
ἔπεσανepesanfellG4098 →
εἰςeistoG1519 →
τὴνtēntheG3588 →
γῆνgēnearthG1093 →
ὡςhōsasG5613 →
συκῆsukēa fig treeG4808 →
βάλλειballeicastsG906 →
τοὺςtoustheG3588 →
ὀλύνθουςolunthousunripe figsG3653 →
αὐτῆςautēsof itG846 →
ὑπὸhupobyG5259 →
ἀνέμουanemoua windG417 →
μεγάλουmegalougreatG3173 →
σειομένη,seiomenēbeing shaken,G4579 →

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Isaiah 34:4All the stars of heaven will be dissolved. The skies will be rolled up like a scroll, and all their stars will fall like withered leaves from the vine, like foliage from the fig tree.Matthew 24:29Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’Revelation 9:1Then the fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth, and it was given the key to the pit of the Abyss.Revelation 8:10Then the third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star burning like a torch fell from heaven and landed on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.Revelation 8:10–12Then the third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star burning like a torch fell from heaven and landed on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.Daniel 8:10It grew as high as the host of heaven, and it cast down some of the host and some of the stars to the earth, and trampled them.Ezekiel 32:7When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.Mark 13:25the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’Isaiah 7:2When it was reported to the house of David that Aram was in league with Ephraim, the hearts of Ahaz and his people trembled like trees in the forest shaken by the wind.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.Isaiah 28:4The fading flower of his beautiful splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, will be like a ripe fig before the summer harvest: Whoever sees it will take it in his hand and swallow it.Job 15:33He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes, like an olive tree that sheds its blossoms.Isaiah 33:9The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and decayed. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.Daniel 4:14He called out in a loud voice: ‘Cut down the tree and chop off its branches; strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the beasts flee from under it, and the birds from its branches.Nahum 3:12All your fortresses are fig trees with the first ripe figs; when shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater!

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