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Revelation 7:1

Μετὰ
metá
properly, denoting accompaniment; "amid" (local or causal); modified variously according to the case (genitive association, or accusative succession) with which it is joined; occupying an intermediate position between or and or ; less intimate than and less close than ) τοῦτο
hoûtos
the he (she or it), i.e. this or that (often with article repeated) εἶδον
horáō
by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear τέσσαρας
téssares
four ἀγγέλους
ángelos
compare ) (to bring tidings); a messenger; especially an "angel"; by implication, a pastor ἑστῶτας
hístēmi
to stand (transitively or intransitively), used in various applications (literally or figuratively) ἐπὶ
epí
properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e. over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc. τὰς
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) τέσσαρας
téssares
four γωνίας
gōnía
an angle τῆς
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) γῆς,
gē
soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe (including the occupants in each application) κρατοῦντας
kratéō
to use strength, i.e. seize or retain (literally or figuratively) τοὺς
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) τέσσαρας
téssares
four ἀνέμους
ánemos
wind; (plural) by implication, (the four) quarters (of the earth) τῆς
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) γῆς,
gē
soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe (including the occupants in each application) ἵνα
hína
compare ); in order that (denoting the purpose or the result) μὴ
mḗ
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas expects an affirmative one)) whether πνέῃ
pnéō
to breathe hard, i.e. breeze ἄνεμος
ánemos
wind; (plural) by implication, (the four) quarters (of the earth) ἐπὶ
epí
properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e. over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc. τῆς
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) γῆς
gē
soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe (including the occupants in each application) μήτε
mḗte
not too, i.e. (in continued negation) neither or nor; also, not even ἐπὶ
epí
properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e. over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc. τῆς
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) θαλάσσης
thálassa
the sea (genitive case or specially) μήτε
mḗte
not too, i.e. (in continued negation) neither or nor; also, not even ἐπὶ
epí
properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e. over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc. πᾶν
pâs
all, any, every, the whole δένδρον.
déndron
a tree
Revelation 7:1 · Greek NT (SBLGNT)
AMPLIFIED · 1 of 3
After this I saw four angels stationed at the four corners of the earth, holding back
Cross-Book Pattern
Jeremiah and Daniel already used this same image - the four winds of heaven as forces God directs and restrains at will, not weather but age…the four winds of the earth
Cross-Book Pattern
Jeremiah and Daniel already used this same image - the four winds of heaven as forces God directs and restrains at will, not weather but age… so that no wind would blow on the earth or on the sea or on any tree. [Zech 6:5]
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Jeremiah 49:36, "the four winds from the four quarters of the sky" - the same image of directed, purposeful winds.

Daniel 7:2, "the four winds of the sky broke out on the great sea" - the same four winds as agents of upheaval, here held back instead.

Revelation 7:1 · WEB

After this, I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, so that no wind would blow on the earth, or on the sea, or on any tree.

Jeremiah 49:36 · WEB

I will bring on Elam the four winds from the four quarters of the sky, and will scatter them toward all those winds. There will be no nation where the outcasts of Elam will not come.

Daniel 7:2 · WEB

Daniel spoke and said, “I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the sky broke out on the great sea.

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“After this I saw four angels stationed at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth so that no wind would blow on the earth or on the sea or on any tree. [Zech 6:5]”
Revelation 7:1
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