Rev 9:2-3 | RWP | e4.org | Opened ( ηνοιξεν ). First aorist active indicative of ανοιγνυμ . With the "key" ( κλεις ). As the smoke of a great furnace ( ως καπνος καμινου μεγαλης ). The plague of demonic locusts is here turned loose. Καμινος is old word for a smelting-furnace, already in . Were darkened ( εσκοτωθη ). First aorist passive indicative of σκοτοω , old causative verb from σκοτος , in N.T. only here, ; . By reason of ( εκ ). "Out of," as a result of ( ).

‏ Revelation of John 9:2-3

Opened ( ηνοιξεν ). First aorist active indicative of ανοιγνυμ. With the "key" ( κλεις ).

As the smoke of a great furnace ( ως καπνος καμινου μεγαλης ). The plague of demonic locusts is here turned loose. Καμινος is old word for a smelting-furnace, already in 1:15.

Were darkened ( εσκοτωθη ). First aorist passive indicative of σκοτοω, old causative verb from σκοτος, in N.T. only here, 16:10; Eph 4:18.

By reason of ( εκ ). "Out of," as a result of (8:13).

Locusts ( ακριδες ). Also verse 7 and already in Mt 3:4; Mr 1:6 (diet of the Baptist). The Israelites were permitted to eat them, but when the swarms came like the eighth Egyptian plague (Ex 10:13ff.) they devoured every green thing. The smoke was worse than the fallen star and the locusts that came out of the smoke were worse still, "a swarm of hellish locusts" (Swete).

The scorpions ( ο σκορπιο ). Old name for a little animal somewhat like a lobster that lurks in stone walls in warm regions, with a venomous sting in its tail, in N.T. in Lu 10:19; 11:12; Re 9:3, 5, 10. The scorpion ranks with the snake as hostile to man.