Rev 17:9 | RWP | e4.org | Here is the mind which hath wisdom ( Hωδε ο νους ο εχων σοφιαν ). "Here is the intelligence which has wisdom" (Charles). A variation of , but the same idea. Seven mountains ( επτα ορη ). Rome was known as the city on seven hills (Vergil, Horace, Ovid, Cicero, etc.). On which ( οπου--επ' αυτων ). "Where--upon them." Pleonasm like οπου--εκε in . In . it is the beast that has the seven heads, while here the woman riding the beast has seven heads, a slight change in the symbolism, and the heads are further identified as kings.

‏ Revelation of John 17:9

Here is the mind which hath wisdom ( Hωδε ο νους ο εχων σοφιαν ). "Here is the intelligence which has wisdom" (Charles). A variation of 13:18, but the same idea.

Seven mountains ( επτα ορη ). Rome was known as the city on seven hills (Vergil, Horace, Ovid, Cicero, etc.).

On which ( οπου--επ' αυτων ). "Where--upon them." Pleonasm like οπου--εκε in 12:6. In 13:1ff. it is the beast that has the seven heads, while here the woman riding the beast has seven heads, a slight change in the symbolism, and the heads are further identified as kings.