a messenger, envoy, one who is sent, an angel, a messenger from God

to follow one who precedes, join him as his attendant, accompany him

to join one as a disciple, become or be his disciple

1. side with his party

another, other

himself, herself, themselves, itself

he, she, it

the same

Babylon = "confusion"

1. a very large and famous city, the residence of the Babylonian kings, situated on both banks of the Euphrates. Cyrus had formerly captured it, but Darius Hystaspis threw down its gates and walls, and Xerxes destroyed the temple of Belis. At length the city was reduced to almost solitude, the population having been drawn off by the neighbouring Seleucia, built on the Tigris by Seleucus Nicanor.

2. of the territory of Babylonia

3. allegorically, of Rome as the most corrupt seat of idolatry and the enemy of Christianity

a multitude (whether of men or of beasts) associated or living together

1. a company, troop, swarm

a multitude of individuals of the same nature or genus

1. the human family

a tribe, nation, people group

in the OT, foreign nations not worshipping the true God, pagans, Gentiles

Paul uses the term for Gentile Christians

out of, from, by, away from

passion, angry, heat, anger forthwith boiling up and soon subsiding again

glow, ardour, the wine of passion, inflaming wine (which either drives the drinker mad or kills him with its strength)

and, also, even, indeed, but

to say, to speak

1. affirm over, maintain

2. to teach

3. to exhort, advise, to command, direct

4. to point out with words, intend, mean, mean to say

5. to call by name, to call, name

6. to speak out, speak of, mention

great

1. of the external form or sensible appearance of things (or of persons)

   1. in particular, of space and its dimensions, as respects

      1. mass and weight: great

      2. compass and extent: large, spacious

      3. measure and height: long

      4. stature and age: great, old

2. of number and quantity: numerous, large, abundant

3. of age: the elder

4. used of intensity and its degrees: with great effort, of the affections and emotions of the mind, of natural events powerfully affecting the senses: violent, mighty, strong

predicated of rank, as belonging to

1. persons, eminent for ability, virtue, authority, power

2. things esteemed highly for their importance: of great moment, of great weight, importance

3. a thing to be highly esteemed for its excellence: excellent

splendid, prepared on a grand scale, stately

great things

1. of God's preeminent blessings

2. of things which overstep the province of a created being, proud (presumptuous) things, full of arrogance, derogatory to the majesty of God

this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than "the" counted

wine

metaph. fiery wine of God's wrath

that, because, since

individually

1. each, every, any, all, the whole, everyone, all things, everything

collectively

1. some of all types

to descend from a higher place to a lower

1. to fall (either from or upon)

   1. to be thrust down

2. metaph. to fall under judgment, came under condemnation

to descend from an erect to a prostrate position

1. to fall down

   1. to be prostrated, fall prostrate

   2. of those overcome by terror or astonishment or grief or under the attack of an evil spirit or of falling dead suddenly

   3. the dismemberment of a corpse by decay

   4. to prostrate one's self

   5. used of suppliants and persons rendering homage or worship to one

   6. to fall out, fall from i.e. shall perish or be lost

   7. to fall down, fall into ruin: of buildings, walls etc.

2. to be cast down from a state of prosperity

   1. to fall from a state of uprightness

   2. to perish, i.e come to an end, disappear, cease

      1. of virtues

   3. to lose authority, no longer have force

      1. of sayings, precepts, etc.

   4. to be removed from power by death

   5. to fail of participating in, miss a share in

a city

1. one's native city, the city in which one lives

2. the heavenly Jerusalem

   1. the abode of the blessed in heaven

   2. of the visible capital in the heavenly kingdom, to come down to earth after the renovation of the world by fire

3. the inhabitants of a city

illicit sexual intercourse

1. adultery, fornication, homosexuality, lesbianism, intercourse with animals etc.

2. sexual intercourse with close relatives; Lev. 18

3. sexual intercourse with a divorced man or woman; Mk. 10:11-12

metaph. the worship of idols

1. of the defilement of idolatry, as incurred by eating the sacrifices offered to idols

to give to drink, to furnish drink

to water, irrigate (plants, fields etc.)

metaph. to imbue, saturate one's mind