Revelation 17:18
And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
KJV
καὶ ἡ γυνὴ ἣν εἶδες ἔστιν ἡ πόλις ἡ μεγάλη ἡ ἔχουσα βασιλείαν ἐπὶ τῶν βασιλέων τῆς γῆς.
Greek NT
Et mulier, quam vidisti, est civitas magna, quæ habet regnum super reges terræ.
Vulgate
And the woman whom thou sawest is the great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
ASV
And the woman which thou sawest is the great city which hath kingdom over the kings of the earth.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
βασιλεία
basileia
noun · 162×
βασιλεύς
basileus
noun · 115×
γυνή
gune
noun · 219×
γῆ
ge
noun · 251×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μέγας
megas
adjective · 244×
πόλις
polis
noun · 164×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Col 2:22 — Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?
- Rev 14:8 — And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
- Rev 16:19 — And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wra
- Rev 16:19 — And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wra
- Rev 17:3 — So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
- Rev 17:9 — And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
- Rev 18:2 — And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and ha
- Rev 18:2 — And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and ha
- Rev 18:8 — Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.