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Revelation 17 — Sermon Preparation
Below is a research summary for Revelation 17, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 18
- verses
- 442 / 142
- Greek words / lemmas
- 5
- classic sermon excerpts
- 2
- preachers & commentators
Revelation 17 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| θηρίον | thēríon | G2342 | 9 | beast |
| ἑπτά | heptá | G2033 | 8 | seven |
| βασιλεύς | basileús | G935 | 7 | king |
| δέκα | déka | G1176 | 5 | een, ten |
| κέρας | kéras | G2768 | 4 | horn |
| πόρνη | pórnē | G4204 | 4 | harlot, whore |
| γυνή | gynḗ | G1135 | 6 | wife, woman |
How preachers through history handled this text
5 public-domain excerpts on Revelation 17, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“This chapter contains another representation of those things that had been revealed before concerning the wickedness and ruin of antichrist. This antichrist had been before represented as a beast, and is now described as a great whore. And here, I. The apostle is invited to see this vile woman, ver. 1, 2. II. He tells us what an appearance she made, ver. 3-6. III. The mystery of it is explained to him, ver. 7-12. And, IV. Her ruin foretold, ver. 13, &c. The Fall of Babylon. (a. d. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 6 (Acts to Revelation), on Revelation 17:1–25 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Babylon 3 — Rev 17:5
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