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

9and they had breastplates as breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings [was] as the sound of chariots of many horses running to war; 10and they have tails like scorpions, and stings; and their power [was] in their tails to hurt men five months. They have a king over them, the angel of the abyss: his name in Hebrew, Abaddon, and in Greek he has [for] name Apollyon. 12The first woe has passed. Behold, there come yet two woes after these things. 13And the sixth angel sounded [his] trumpet: and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which [is] before God,

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

• kingβασιλεύςbasileus · kingG935
• angelἄγγελοςaggelos · angelG32
• abyssἄβυσσοςabussos · abyssG12
• nameὄνομαonoma · nameG3686
• HebrewἙβραϊστίHebraisti · HebrewG1447

Cross-references for Revelation 9:11

• Revelation 12:9And the great dragon was cast out, the ancient serpent, he who is called Devil and Satan, he who deceives the whole habitable world, he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
• John 12:31Now is [the] judgment of this world; now shall the prince of this world be cast out:
• John 14:30I will no longer speak much with you, for the ruler of the world comes, and in me he has nothing;
• John 16:11of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.
• 2 Corinthians 4:4in whom the god of this world has blinded the thoughts of the unbelieving, so that the radiancy of the glad tidings of the glory of the Christ, who is [the] image of God, should not shine forth [for them].
• Ephesians 2:2in which ye once walked according to the age of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience:
• 1 John 4:4Ye are of God, children, and have overcome them, because greater is he that [is] in you than he that [is] in the world.
• 1 John 5:19We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the wicked [one].
• Revelation 9:1And the fifth angel sounded [his] trumpet: and I saw a star out of the heaven fallen to the earth; and there was given to it the key of the pit of the abyss.
• John 8:44Ye are of the devil, as [your] father, and ye desire to do the lusts of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks falsehood, he speaks of what is his own; for he is a liar and its father:

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
• Bottomless, Pit
• Abaddon
• Angel
• Apollyon
• Asmodaeus
• Authority in Religion
• Destruction
• Government
• Grecians; Greeks

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