Revelation 9:11

Revelation 9:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
• New International Version (NIV)They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon and in Greek is Apollyon (that is, Destroyer).
• English Standard Version (ESV)They have as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And they had as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but in Greek he has the name Apollyon.

Context of Revelation 9:11

9they had chests like iron breastplates; the sound of their wings was like the sound of many chariots with horses rushing into battle; 10and they had tails with stingers like scorpions, so that with their tails they had the power to harm people for five months. They had as their king the angel of the abyss; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he has the name Apollyon. 12The first woe has passed. There are still two more woes to come after this. 13The sixth angel blew his trumpet. From the four horns of the golden altar that is before God, I heard a voice

Revelation 9:11 word by word

ἔχουσιν ἐπ᾽ αὐτῶν βασιλέα τὸν ἄγγελον τῆς ἀβύσσου· ὄνομα αὐτῷ Ἑβραϊστὶ Ἀβαδδών, καὶ ἐν τῇ Ἑλληνικῇ ὄνομα ἔχει Ἀπολλύων.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• they hadἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• a kingβασιλεύςbasileus · kingG935
• overἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• the angelὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the angelἄγγελοςaggelos · angelG32
• of the bottomless pitἄβυσσοςabussos · abyssG12
• whose nameὄνομαonoma · nameG3686
• in the Hebrew tongueἙβραϊστίHebraisti · HebrewG1447
• AbaddonἈβαδδώνAbaddōn · AbaddonG3
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the Greek tongueἙλληνικός=ἙλληνικόςHellēnikos · GreekG1673
• ApollyonἈπολλύωνApolluōn · ApollyonG623

Cross-references for Revelation 9:11

• Revelation 12:9So the great dragon was thrown out — the ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the one who deceives the whole world. He was thrown to earth, and his angels with him.
• John 12:31Now is the judgment of this world. Now the ruler of this world will be cast out.
• John 14:30I will not talk with you much longer, because the ruler of the world is coming. He has no power over me.
• John 16:11and about judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.
• 2 Corinthians 4:4In their case, the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
• Ephesians 2:2in which you previously walked according to the ways of this world, according to the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit now working in the disobedient.
• 1 John 4:4You are from God, little children, and you have conquered them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
• 1 John 5:19We know that we are of God, and the whole world is under the sway of the evil one.
• Revelation 9:1The fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth. The key for the shaft to the abyss was given to him.
• John 8:44You are of your father the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks from his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

Commentaries on Revelation 9:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11A king over them - A supreme head; some think Mohammed, some think Vespasian. The angel of the bottomless pit - The chief envoy of Satan. Abaddon - From אבד abad, he destroyed. Apollyon - From , intensive, and , to destroy. The meaning is the same both in the Hebrew and Greek.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11And they had a king over them - A ruler who marshalled their hosts. Locusts often, and indeed generally, move in bands, though they do not appear to be under the direction of anyone as a particular ruler or guide. In this case it struck John as a remarkable peculiarity that they had a king - a king who, it would seem, had the absolute control, and to whom was to be traced all the destruction which would ensue from their emerging from the bottomless pit…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11The king of the locusts is identified in three ways: as the angel from the bottomless pit, likely different from the fallen star in Revelation 9:1, who unlocked the abyss instead of coming from it; as Abaddon (meaning "destruction"), often associated with death (see Job 28:22; Psalm 88:11); and as Apollyon, the Destroyer (see 1 Corinthians 10:10). Although John does not directly link the devil with this king of the locusts, the prince of demons is…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. And--so Syriac. But A, B, and Aleph, omit "and." had--Greek, "have." a king ... which is the angel--English Version, agreeing with A, Aleph, reads the (Greek) article before "angel," in which reading we must translate, "They have as king over them the angel," &c. Satan (compare Re 9:1). Omitting the article with B, we must translate, "They have as king an angel," &c.: one of the chief demons under Satan: I prefer from Re 9:1, the former. bottomless…Read the comment

Topics related to Revelation 9:11

• Abaddon
• Apollyon
• Hebrew
• Pit
• Satan
• Trumpet
• Vision

In the dictionaries

• Greek
• Greek, Grecian, Hellenist
• Bottomless, Pit
• Abaddon
• Angel
• Apollyon
• Abyss
• Asmodaeus
• Authority in Religion
• Destruction

Commentaries on Revelation 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings