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Revelation 9:1 KJV
Revelation · chapter 9 · verse 1
And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.Revelation 9:1 · King James Version
Revelation 9:1 in context
1And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
2And 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.
3And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
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Key words (Strong's)
- soundedsalpizōto sound a trumpetG4537 →
- heavenouranosthe vaulted expanse of the sky with all things visible in it, the universe, the world…G3772 →
- fifthpemptosfifthG3991 →
- angelangelosa messenger, envoy, one who is sent, an angel, a messenger from GodG32 →
- earthgēarable land, the ground, the earth as a standing place, the main land as opposed to the…G1093 →
- givendidōmito give, to give something to someone, of one s own accord to give one something, to his…G1325 →
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Upon the sounding of this trumpet, the things to be observed are, 1. A star falling from heaven to the earth. Some think this star represents some eminent bishop in the Christian church, some angel of the church; for, in the same way of speaking by which pastors are called stars, the church is called heaven;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-12