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Revelation 9:15

So the four angels who had been prepared for this hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind.

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ASV

And the four angels were loosed, that had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, that they should kill the third part of men.

KJV

And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
καὶkaiAndG2532 →
ἐλύθησανeluthēsanwere releasedG3089 →
οἱhoitheG3588 →
τέσσαρεςtessaresfourG5064 →
ἄγγελοιangeloiangelsG32 →
οἱhoiwhoG3588 →
ἡτοιμασμένοιhētoimasmenoipreparedG2090 →
εἰςeisforG1519 →
τὴνtēntheG3588 →
ὥρανhōranhourG5610 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ἡμέρανhēmerandayG2250 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
μῆναmēnamonthG3376 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ἐνιαυτὸνeniautonyearG1763 →
ἵναinaso thatG2443 →
ἀποκτείνωσινapokteinōsinthey may killG615 →
τὸto<the>G3588 →
τρίτονtritona thirdG5154 →
τῶνtōn<the>G3588 →
ἀνθρώπων.anthrōpōnof mankind.G444 →

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Revelation 9:18A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke, and sulfur that proceeded from their mouths.Revelation 9:14saying to the sixth angel with the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.”Revelation 8:7Then the first angel sounded his trumpet, and hail and fire mixed with blood were hurled down upon the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, along with a third of the trees and all the green grass.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 8:9a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.Revelation 6:8Then I looked and saw a pale green horse. Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed close behind. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword, by famine, by plague, and by the beasts of the earth.Revelation 8:11–12The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter like wormwood oil, and many people died from the bitter waters.Revelation 9:10They had tails with stingers like scorpions, which had the power to injure people for five months.Ezekiel 4:6When you have completed these days, lie down again, but on your right side, and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah. I have assigned to you 40 days, a day for each year.Hosea 6:5Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth, and My judgments go forth like lightning.Genesis 41:32Moreover, because the dream was given to Pharaoh in two versions, the matter has been decreed by God, and He will carry it out shortly.Revelation 9:5The locusts were not given power to kill them, but only to torment them for five months, and their torment was like the stinging of a scorpion.

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