Revelation 20:1
Strong's Lexicon
Then
Καὶ (Kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

I saw
εἶδον (eidon)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 3708: Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear.

an angel
ἄγγελον (angelon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 32: From aggello; a messenger; especially an 'angel'; by implication, a pastor.

coming down
καταβαίνοντα (katabainonta)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2597: To go down, come down, either from the sky or from higher land, descend. From kata and the base of basis; to descend.

from
ἐκ (ek)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1537: From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.

heaven
οὐρανοῦ (ouranou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3772: Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel.

with the
τὴν (tēn)
Article - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

key
κλεῖν (klein)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 2807: A key. From kleio; a key, literally or figuratively.

to the
τῆς (tēs)
Article - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Abyss,
ἀβύσσου (abyssou)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 12: The abyss, unfathomable depth, an especially Jewish conception, the home of the dead and of evil spirits. Depthless, i.e. 'abyss'.

holding
ἔχοντα (echonta)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.

in
ἐπὶ (epi)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at.

his
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

hand
χεῖρα (cheira)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 5495: A hand.

a great
μεγάλην (megalēn)
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3173: Large, great, in the widest sense.

chain.
ἅλυσιν (halysin)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 254: A (light) chain, bond. Of uncertain derivation; a fetter or manacle.

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain.

Young's Literal Translation
And I saw a messenger coming down out of the heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain over his hand,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the abyss and a great chain in his hand.

New American Standard Bible
Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.

King James Bible
And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key to the Abyss and holding in his hand a great chain.

New Living Translation
Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the bottomless pit and a heavy chain in his hand.

English Standard Version
Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain.

New American Standard Bible
Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.

King James Bible
And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the abyss and a great chain in his hand.

International Standard Version
Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding the key to the bottomless pit, with a large chain in his hand.

NET Bible
Then I saw an angel descending from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the abyss and a huge chain.

American Standard Version
And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.

English Revised Version
And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.

Young's Literal Translation
And I saw a messenger coming down out of the heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain over his hand,
















Cross References
Luke 8:31
And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.

2 Peter 2:4
For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

Revelation 1:18
I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

Revelation 9:1
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 10:1
And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:

Revelation 20:3
And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.

Revelation 1:1
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

Revelation 19:21
And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.

Revelation 19:20
And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

Revelation 19:19
And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.

Revelation 20:2
And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
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