Revelation
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Revelation 17

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5 And on her forehead a name was written, “MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.”

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Revelation 17:5. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

Panels 4
Word Entries 65
Editorial Notes 0
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Greek Textus Receptus Greek · Greek New Testament · Public Domain

Coverage: New Testament

Greek New Testament source layer with imported morphology.

καὶ ἐπὶ τὸ μέτωπον αὐτῆς ὄνομα γεγραμμένον, Μυστήριον, Βαβυλὼν ἡ μεγάλη, ἡ μήτηρ τῶν πορνῶν καὶ τῶν βδελυγμάτων τῆς γῆς.

20 word entries
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
ἐπὶ
Lemma
epi
Transliteration
epi
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1909
Occurrences
673
τὸ
Lemma
to
Transliteration
to
Morphology
Greek: article accusative singular neuter
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1725
μέτωπον
Lemma
metwpon
Transliteration
metwpon
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G3359
Occurrences
2
αὐτῆς
Lemma
authv
Transliteration
authv
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun genitive singular feminine
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G846
Occurrences
171
ὄνομα
Lemma
onoma
Transliteration
onoma
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G3686
Occurrences
106
γεγραμμένον
Transliteration
gegrammenon
Morphology
Greek: verb perfect passive participle nominative singular neuter
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1125
Occurrences
17
Μυστήριον
Transliteration
musthrion
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G3466
Occurrences
16
Βαβυλὼν
Lemma
babulwn
Transliteration
babulwn
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G897
Occurrences
6
Lemma
h
Transliteration
h
Morphology
Greek: article nominative singular feminine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1450
μεγάλη
Lemma
megalh
Transliteration
megalh
Morphology
Greek: adjective nominative singular feminine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G3173
Occurrences
71
Lemma
h
Transliteration
h
Morphology
Greek: article nominative singular feminine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1450
μήτηρ
Lemma
mhthr
Transliteration
mhthr
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G3384
Occurrences
33
τῶν
Lemma
twn
Transliteration
twn
Morphology
Greek: article genitive plural feminine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1242
πορνῶν
Lemma
pornwn
Transliteration
pornwn
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive plural feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4204
Occurrences
2
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
τῶν
Lemma
twn
Transliteration
twn
Morphology
Greek: article genitive plural neuter
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1242
βδελυγμάτων
Transliteration
bdelugmatwn
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive plural neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G946
Occurrences
2
τῆς
Lemma
thv
Transliteration
thv
Morphology
Greek: article genitive singular feminine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1339
γῆς
Lemma
ghv
Transliteration
ghv
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G1093
Occurrences
134
Tischendorf / Westcott-Hort Greek New Testament Greek · Greek New Testament · Public Domain

Coverage: New Testament sample / proof panel

Proof-of-flow source panel, not full coverage.

καὶ ἐπὶ τὸ μέτωπον αὐτῆς ὄνομα γεγραμμένον, μυστήριον, Βαβυλὼν ἡ μεγάλη, ἡ μήτηρ τῶν πορνῶν καὶ τῶν βδελυγμάτων τῆς γῆς.

20 word entries
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
ἐπὶ
Lemma
ἐπί
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G1909
Occurrences
888
τὸ
Lemma
Morphology
T-ASN
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
μέτωπον
Morphology
N-ASN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G3359
Occurrences
8
αὐτῆς
Morphology
P-GSF
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G0846
Occurrences
5556
ὄνομα
Morphology
N-NSN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G3686
Occurrences
229
γεγραμμένον,
Morphology
V-RPP-NSN
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1125
Occurrences
190
μυστήριον,
Morphology
N-NSN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G3466
Occurrences
27
Βαβυλὼν
Morphology
N-NSF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G0897
Occurrences
12
Lemma
Morphology
T-NSF
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
μεγάλη,
Morphology
A-NSF
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G3173
Occurrences
244
Lemma
Morphology
T-NSF
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
μήτηρ
Morphology
N-NSF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G3384
Occurrences
84
τῶν
Lemma
Morphology
T-GPF
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
πορνῶν
Morphology
N-GPF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4204
Occurrences
12
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
τῶν
Lemma
Morphology
T-GPN
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
βδελυγμάτων
Morphology
N-GPN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G0946
Occurrences
6
τῆς
Lemma
Morphology
T-GSF
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
γῆς.
Lemma
γῆ
Morphology
N-GSF
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Earth, ground, or land.
Strong's
G1093
Occurrences
249
Syriac Peshitta New Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License

Coverage: New Testament

Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.

ܘܥܠ ܒܝܬ ܥܝܢܝܗ ܟܬܝܒ ܐܪܙܐ ܒܒܝܠ ܪܒܬܐ ܐܡܐ ܕܙܢܝܬܐ ܘܕܣܘܝܒܝܗ ܕܐܪܥܐ

11 word entries
ܘܥܠ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܘܥܠ
Transliteration
w'l
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
131
ܒܝܬ
Confidence
medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
Lemma
ܒܝܬ
Transliteration
beth
Morphology
noun, construct form
Gloss
house of
Occurrences
177
ܥܝܢܝܗ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
'ynyh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
2
ܟܬܝܒ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
ktyb
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
40
ܐܪܙܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
'rz'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
18
ܒܒܝܠ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
bbyl
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
5
ܪܒܬܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
rbt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
51
ܐܡܐ
Confidence
medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
Lemma
ܐܡܐ
Transliteration
emma
Morphology
noun, emphatic singular
Gloss
mother
Occurrences
5
ܕܙܢܝܬܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
dznyt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
3
ܘܕܣܘܝܒܝܗ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
wdswybyh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
ܕܐܪܥܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
d'r''
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
52
Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology

Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.

Et in fronte ejus nomen scriptum: Mysterium: Babylon magna, mater fornicationum, et abominationum terræ.

14 word entries
et
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
et
Transliteration
et
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
and, also, even
Etymology
Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
Occurrences
50526
in
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
in
Transliteration
in
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Gloss
in
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
in, into, among, on
Etymology
Latin preposition used with ablative for location or with accusative for motion.
Occurrences
22264
fronte
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
frons
Transliteration
fronte
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
66
eius
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eius
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
nomen
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nomen
Transliteration
nomen
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1130
scriptum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
scribo
Transliteration
scriptum
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
451
mysterium
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
mysterium
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
29
Babylon
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Babylon
Transliteration
Babylon
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
271
magna
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
magnus
Transliteration
magna
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
1017
mater
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
mater
Transliteration
mater
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
321
fornicationum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
fornicationum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
70
et
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
et
Transliteration
et
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
and, also, even
Etymology
Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
Occurrences
50526
abominationum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
abominationum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
97
terrae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
terra
Transliteration
terrae
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Gloss
earth
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
earth, land, ground
Etymology
Latin noun behind English terrestrial and terrain.
Occurrences
3087

Ranked cross references

Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.

Revelation 18:2

He cried with a mighty voice, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, and she has become a habitation of demons, a prison of every unclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean and hated bird!

9 relevance votes

Revelation 14:8

Another, a second angel, followed, saying, “Babylon the great has fallen, which has made all the nations to drink of the wine of the wrath of her sexual immorality.”

9 relevance votes

Revelation 16:19

The great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. Babylon the great was remembered in the sight of God, to give to her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.

8 relevance votes

Revelation 17:7

The angel said to me, “Why do you wonder? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.

8 relevance votes

2 Thessalonians 2:7

For the mystery of lawlessness already works. Only there is one who restrains now, until he is taken out of the way.

7 relevance votes

Isaiah 3:9

The look of their faces testify against them. They parade their sin like Sodom. They don’t hide it. Woe to their soul! For they have brought disaster upon themselves.

7 relevance votes

Revelation 19:2

for his judgments are true and righteous. For he has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and he has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.”

7 relevance votes

Revelation 18:21

A mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying, “Thus with violence will Babylon, the great city, be thrown down, and will be found no more at all.

4 relevance votes

Philippians 3:19

whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things.

3 relevance votes

Revelation 11:8

Their dead bodies will be in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.

3 relevance votes

Revelation 7:3

saying, “Don’t harm the earth, the sea, or the trees, until we have sealed the bondservants of our God on their foreheads!”

1 relevance votes
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