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 breastplates like iron. The noise from their wings was like the roar of chariots with many horses rushing into battle. 10They had tails and stingers like scorpions. They had the power to hurt people with their tails for five months. The king who ruled them was the angel from the bottomless pit. In Hebrew he is called Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon. 12The first catastrophe is over. After these things there are two more catastrophes yet to come. 13When the sixth angel blew his trumpet, I heard a voice from the four horns of the gold altar in front of 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

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 12:9The huge serpent was thrown down. That ancient snake, named Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world, was thrown down to earth. Its angels were thrown down with it.
• John 12:31“This world is being judged now. The ruler of this world will be thrown out now.
• John 14:30The ruler of this world has no power over me. But he’s coming, so I won’t talk with you much longer.
• John 16:11He will convince the world that God judges it, because the ruler of this world has been judged.
• 2 Corinthians 4:4The god of this world has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. As a result, they don’t see the light of the Good News about Christ’s glory. It is Christ who is God’s image.
• Ephesians 2:2You followed the ways of this present world and its spiritual ruler. This ruler continues to work in people who refuse to obey God.
• 1 John 4:4Dear children, you belong to God. So you have won the victory over these people, 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 from God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.
• Revelation 9:1When the fifth angel blew his trumpet, I saw a star that had fallen to earth from the sky. The star was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit.
• John 8:44You come from your father, the devil, and you desire to do what your father wants you to do. The devil was a murderer from the beginning. He has never been truthful. He doesn’t know what the truth is. Whenever he tells a lie, he’s doing what comes naturally to him. He’s 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