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Revelation 9:2

The 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.

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ASV

And he opened the pit of the abyss; and there went up a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.

KJV

And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.

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28 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
καὶkaiAndG2532 →
ἤνοιξενēnoixenhe openedG455 →
τὸtotheG3588 →
φρέαρphrearpitG5421 →
τῆςtēsof theG3588 →
ἀβύσσου·abussouabyss;G12 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ἀνέβηanebēwent upG305 →
καπνὸςkapnossmokeG2586 →
ἐκekout ofG1537 →
τοῦtoutheG3588 →
φρέατοςphreatospitG5421 →
ὡςhōslikeG5613 →
καπνὸςkapnos[the] smokeG2586 →
καμίνουkaminouof a furnaceG2575 →
μεγάλης,megalēsgreat,G3173 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ἐσκοτώθηeskotōthēwas darkenedG4656 →
ὁhotheG3588 →
ἥλιοςhēliossunG2246 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ὁhotheG3588 →
ἀὴρaērairG109 →
ἐκekbyG1537 →
τοῦtoutheG3588 →
καπνοῦkapnousmokeG2586 →
τοῦtouof theG3588 →
φρέατος.phreatospit.G5421 →

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Joel 2:10Before them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness.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.Genesis 19:28He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of the plain, and he saw the smoke rising from the land like smoke from a furnace.Joel 2:2a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be in ages to come.Revelation 16:10And the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness, and men began to gnaw their tongues in anguishIsaiah 14:31Wail, O gate! Cry out, O city! Melt away, all you Philistines! For a cloud of smoke comes from the north, and there are no stragglers in its ranks.Acts 2:19I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke.Joel 2:30I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke.Matthew 27:45From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.Exodus 10:21–23Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that darkness may spread over the land of Egypt—a palpable darkness.”Revelation 14:11And the smoke of their torment rises forever and ever. Day and night there is no rest for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.”Exodus 19:18Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire. And the smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.Revelation 16:8Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given power to scorch the people with fire.Genesis 15:17When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, behold, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the halves of the carcasses.Daniel 3:6And whoever does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into the blazing fiery furnace.”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.Matthew 13:42And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.Genesis 1:14And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.

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