Revelation 20:1
AND I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
¶ And I saw an Angel come down from heauen, hauing the key of the bottomles pit, & a great chaine in his hand.
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- Revelation 1:18Rank 1 from verse 1
- 2 Peter 2:4Rank 2 from verse 1
4For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
4For if God spared not the Angels that sinned, but cast them downe to hell, and deliuered them into chaines of darkenesse, to be reserued vnto iudgment:
6And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
6And the Angels which kept not their ‖first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserued in euerlasting chaines vnder darkenesse, vnto the iudgement of the great day.
- Revelation 9:1–2Rank 4 from verse 1
1AND the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
2And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
1¶ And the fift Angel sounded, and I saw a starre fall from heauen vnto the earth: and to him was giuen the key of the bottomlesse pitte.
2And hee opened the bottomelesse pit, and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great fornace, and the sunne and the ayre were darkened, by reason of the smoke of the pit.
- Revelation 10:1Rank 5 from verse 1
1AND I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:
1¶ And I saw another mighty Angel come down from heauen, clothed with a cloud, and a rainebow was vpon his head, and his face was as it were the Sunne, and his feet as pillars of fire.
- Revelation 18:1Rank 6 from verse 1
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Revelation 20:1
Sense 1: A messenger. Sense 2: A heavenly or spiritual messenger, whether holy or fallen as stated.
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From a higher place or position to a lower one; below.
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Sense 1: The firmament or expanse above the earth, including the sky and the region of the sun, moon, stars, clouds, rain, and flying creatures. Sense 2: The realm above spoken of as God's throne and dwelling place, and as the place of angels, heavenly beings, and the righteous. Sense 3: By metonymy, God, heavenly authority or source, or those who dwell there.
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Sense 1: An instrument for opening a lock. Sense 2: Figuratively, authority or means of access.
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bottomless
Having no bottom; unfathomably deep.
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Sense 1: A hole, cavity, cistern, dungeon, trap, or place of confinement. Sense 2: The grave, deep ruin, or a place of judgment.
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Sense 1: A series of connected links, worn as an ornament or used to bind or restrain. Sense 2: Figuratively, a bond, confinement, affliction, or surrounding force.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.
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1AND I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
1¶ And I saw an Angel come down from heauen, hauing the key of the bottomles pit, & a great chaine in his hand.
Selected passage2And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
2And hee laid hold on the dragon that old serpent, which is the deuill and Satan, and bound him a thousand yeres,