NA27 Text (Revelation 9:3):

καὶ ἐκ τοῦ καπνοῦ ἐξῆλθον ἀκρίδες εἰς τὴν γῆν, καὶ ἐδόθη αὐταῖς ἐξουσία ὡς ἔχουσιν ἐξουσίαν οἱ σκορπίοι τῆς γῆς.

Transliteration:

kai ek tou kapnou exēlthon akrides eis tēn gēn, kai edothē autais exousia hōs echousin exousian hoi skorpioi tēs gēs.

Translation (ESV):

Then from the smoke came locusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth.

Analysis (Zerwick):

ἀκρίς : locust.
σκορπίος : scorpion.

NA27 Text (Revelation 9:4):

καὶ ἐρρέθη αὐταῖς ἵνα μὴ ἀδικήσουσιν τὸν χόρτον τῆς γῆς οὐδὲ πᾶν χλωρὸν οὐδὲ πᾶν δένδρον, εἰ μὴ τοὺς ἀνθρώπους οἵτινες οὐκ ἔχουσι τὴν σφραγῖδα τοῦ θεοῦ ἐπὶ τῶν μετώπων.

Transliteration:

kai errethē autais hina mē adikēsousin ton chorton tēs gēs oude pan chlōron oude pan dendron, ei mē tous anthrōpous hoitines ouk echousi tēn sphragida tou theou epi tōn metōpōn.

Translation (ESV):

They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only those people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.

Analysis (Zerwick):

ἐρρέθη : aorist passive of λέγω tell : ἐρρέθη αὐταῖς they were told.
ἵνα : for objective infinitive.
ἀδικήσουσιν : future of ἀδικέω injure, harm ; future for aorist subjunctive after ἵνα.
χόρτος : grass.
χλωρός : green.
δένδρον : tree.
εἰ μή : except ; in Aramaic ella which also means but : the sense required here.
οἵτινες : such as.
σφραγίς : seal.
μέτωπον : forehead.

NA27 Text (Revelation 9:5):

καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτοῖς ἵνα μὴ ἀποκτείνωσιν αὐτούς, ἀλλ᾿ ἵνα βασανισθήσονται μῆνας πέντε, καὶ ὁ βασανισμὸς αὐτῶν ὡς βασανισμὸς σκορπίου ὅταν παίσῃ ἄνθρωπον.

Transliteration:

kai edothē autois hina mē apokteinōsin autous, allÕ hina basanisthēsontai mēnas pente, kai ho basanismos autōn hōs basanismos skorpiou hotan paisȩ̄ anthrōpon.

Translation (ESV):

They were allowed to torment them for five months, but not to kill them, and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings someone.

Analysis (Zerwick):

ἐδόθη : aorist passive of δίδωμι ; (sc., e.g., ἐξουσία) ἐδόθη αὐτοῖς ἵνα μὴ ἀποκτείνωσιν αὐτούς, ἀλλ᾿ ἵνα it was granted to them not to ... but to ...
ἀποκτείνωσιν : aorist (or present subjunctive) of ἀποκτείνω kill.
βασανισθήσονται : future passive of βασανίζω examine by torture, hence generally torture.
μήν : month.
πέντε = 5.
βασανισμός : torture.
παίσῃ : aorist subjunctive of παίω hit ; of an insect, sting.

NA27 Text (Revelation 9:6):

καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις ζητήσουσιν οἱ ἄνθρωποι τὸν θάνατον καὶ οὐ μὴ εὑρήσουσιν αὐτόν, καὶ ἐπιθυμήσουσιν ἀποθανεῖν καὶ φεύγει ὁ θάνατος ἀπ᾿ αὐτῶν.

Transliteration:

kai en tais hēmerais ekeinais zētēsousin hoi anthrōpoi ton thanaton kai ou mē heurēsousin auton, kai epithymēsousin apothanein kai pheugei ho thanatos ap' autōn.

Translation (ESV):

And in those days people will seek death and will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them.

Analysis (Zerwick):

ζητήσουσιν : future of ζητέω seek.
οὐ μὴ εὑρήσουσιν : (future of εὑρίσκω find) for aorist subjunctive, emphatic negation of future action.
ἐπιθυμήσουσιν : future of ἐπιθυμέω desire, long.
ἀποθανεῖν : to die : aorist infinitive of ἀποθνῄσκω.
φεύγω : flee ; φεύγω ἀπό flee from, elude.

NA27 Text (Revelation 9:7):

Καὶ τὰ ὁμοιώματα τῶν ἀκρίδων ὅμοια ἵπποις ἡτοιμασμένοις εἰς πόλεμον, καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς κεφαλὰς αὐτῶν ὡς στέφανοι ὅμοιοι χρυσῷ, καὶ τὰ πρόσωπα αὐτῶν ὡς πρόσωπα ἀνθρώπων

Transliteration:

Kai ta homoiōmata tōn akridōn homoia hippois hētoimasmenois eis polemon, kai epi tas kephalas autōn hōs stephanoi homoioi chrysō̧, kai ta prosōpa autōn hōs prosōpa anthrōpōn

Translation (ESV):

In appearance the locusts were like horses prepared for battle: on their heads were what looked like crowns of gold; their faces were like human faces

Analysis (Zerwick):

ὁμοίωμα : appearance, form ; τὰ ὁμοιώματα τῶν ἀκρίδων ὅμοια in form the locusts resembled...
ὅμοιος : like.
ἵππος : horse.
ἡτοιμασμένοις : ready, prepared, perfect passive participle reflexive of ἑτοιμάζω get ready, prepare.
πόλεμος : war.
στέφανος : crown.
χρυσός : gold.

NA27 Text (Revelation 9:8):

καὶ εἶχον τρίχας ὡς τρίχας γυναικῶν, καὶ οἱ ὀδόντες αὐτῶν ὡς λεόντων ἦσαν,

Transliteration:

kai eichon trichas hōs trichas gynaikōn, kai hoi odontes autōn hōs leontōn ēsan,

Translation (ESV):

their hair like women’s hair, and their teeth like lions’ teeth;

Analysis (Zerwick):

θρίξ, τριχός, ἡ : hair.
ὀδούς, ὀδόντος, ὁ : tooth.
λέων, οντος, ὁ : lion

NA27 Text (Revelation 9:9):

καὶ εἶχον θώρακας ὡς θώρακας σιδηροῦς, καὶ ἡ φωνὴ τῶν πτερύγων αὐτῶν ὡς φωνὴ ἁρμάτων ἵππων πολλῶν τρεχόντων εἰς πόλεμον

Transliteration:

kai eichon thōrakas hōs thōrakas sidērous, kai hē phōnē tōn pterygōn autōn hōs phōnē harmatōn hippōn pollōn trechontōn eis polemon

Translation (ESV):

they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the noise of their wings was like the noise of many chariots with horses rushing into battle.

Analysis (Zerwick):

θώραξ, -ακος, ὁ : breast-plate.
σιδηροῦς, -ᾶ, οῦν : iron.
φωνή : sound.
πτέρυξ, υγος, ἡ : wing.
ἅρμα : chariot.
τρεχόντων : participle of τρέχω run.

NA27 Text (Revelation 9:10):

καὶ ἔχουσιν οὐρὰς ὁμοίας σκορπίοις καὶ κέντρα, καὶ ἐν ταῖς οὐραῖς αὐτῶν ἡ ἐξουσία αὐτῶν ἀδικῆσαι τοὺς ἀνθρώπους μῆνας πέντε

Transliteration:

kai echousin ouras homoias skorpiois kai kentra, kai en tais ourais autōn hē exousia autōn adikēsai tous anthrōpous mēnas pente

Translation (ESV):

They have tails and stings like scorpions, and their power to hurt people for five months is in their tails.

Analysis (Zerwick):

οὐρά : tail.
ὅμοιος : like.
σκορπίος : scorpion.
κέντρον : sting.
ἀδικῆσαι : aorist infinitive of ἀδικέω injure, harm.
μήν, -μηνός, ὁ : month.
πέντε = 5.

NA27 Text (Revelation 9:11):

ἔχουσιν ἐπ᾿ αὐτῶν βασιλέα τὸν ἄγγελον τῆς ἀβύσσου, ὄνομα αὐτῷ Ἑβραϊστὶ Ἀβαδδών, καὶ ἐν τῇ Ἑλληνικῇ ὄνομα ἔχει Ἀπολλύων

Transliteration:

echousin ep' autōn basilea ton aggelon tēs abyssou, onoma autō̧ Hebraisti Abaddōn, kai en tȩ̄ Hellēnikȩ̄ onoma echei Apollyōn

Translation (ESV):

They have as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon.

Analysis (Zerwick):

ἐπ᾿ αὐτῶν : over them.
βασιλέα : predicate as king.
ἄβυσσος -ου, ἡ : abyss referring to Sheol.
ὄνομα αὐτῷ : "the name to him is", his name is.

NA27 Text (Revelation 9:12):

Ἡ οὐαὶ ἡ μία ἀπῆλθεν· ἰδοὺ ἔρχεται ἔτι δύο οὐαὶ μετὰ ταῦτα.

Transliteration:

hĒ ouai hē mia apēlthen; idou erchetai eti dyo ouai meta tauta.

Translation (ESV):

The first woe is past; two other woes are yet to come.

Analysis (Zerwick):

οὐαί : alas for ! woe to ! ἡ οὐαί the woe.
ἡ μία : for πρώτη, cardinal for ordinal number, encouraged by Hebraic idiom.*

*As in Hebrew the days of the month are denoted by the cardinal numbers, so too in the NT the first day of the week (Sunday) is μίαν σαββάτων (Mt 28:1: εἰς μίαν σαββάτων). A similar Hebraism is to be found in Rev 9:12: ἡ οὐαὶ ἡ μία ἀπῆλθεν = "the first woe ..." (BG ¶154).

NA27 Text (Revelation 9:13):

Καὶ ὁ ἕκτος ἄγγελος ἐσάλπισεν· καὶ ἤκουσα φωνὴν μίαν ἐκ τῶν [τεσσάρων] κεράτων τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου τοῦ χρυσοῦ τοῦ ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ,

Transliteration:

Kai ho hektos aggelos esalpisen; kai ēkousa phōnēn mian ek tōn [tessarōn] keratōn tou thysiastēriou tou chrysou tou enōpion tou theou,

Translation (ESV):

Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God

Analysis (Zerwick):

ἕκτος : sixth.
ἐσάλπισεν : aorist of σαλπίζω sound/blow a trumpet (σάλπιγξ).
ἤκουσα : aorist of ἀκούω hear.
μίαν : ("one") for τινά (accusative of τὶς referring to someone or something indefinite) : a.
τέσσαρες = 4.
κέρας, ατος, τό : horn.
θυσιαστήριον : alter.
χρυσός : gold.

NA27 Text (Revelation 9:14):

λέγοντα τῷ ἕκτῳ ἀγγέλῳ, ὁ ἔχων τὴν σάλπιγγα· λῦσον τοὺς τέσσαρας ἀγγέλους τοὺς δεδεμένους ἐπὶ τῷ ποταμῷ τῷ μεγάλῳ Εὐφράτῃ.

Transliteration:

legonta tō̧ hektō̧ aggelō̧, ho echōn tēn salpigga; lyson tous tessaras aggelous tous dedemenous epi tō̧ potamō̧ tō̧ megalō̧ Euphratȩ̄.

Translation (ESV):

saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates."

Analysis (Zerwick):

λέγοντα : (masculine) for λέγουσαν (in apposition to φωνήν, verse 13).
σάλπιγξ -ιγγος, ἡ : trumpet.
λῦσον : aorist imperative of λύω release, set free.
δεδεμένου : perfect passive participle of δέω bind, especially as prisoner.
ἐπί : at.
ποταμός : river.

NA27 Text (Revelation 9:15):

καὶ ἐλύθησαν οἱ τέσσαρες ἄγγελοι οἱ ἡτοιμασμένοι εἰς τὴν ὥραν καὶ ἡμέραν καὶ μῆνα καὶ ἐνιαυτόν, ἵνα ἀποκτείνωσιν τὸ τρίτον τῶν ἀνθρώπων.

Transliteration:

kai elythēsan hoi tessares aggeloi hoi hētoimasmenoi eis tēn hōran kai hēmeran kai mēna kai eniauton, hina apokteinōsin to triton tōn anthrōpōn.

Translation (ESV):

So the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour, the day, the month, and the year, were released to kill a third of mankind.

Analysis (Zerwick):

ἐλύθησαν : aorist passive of λύω release.
ἡτοιμασμένοι : ready, prepared perfect passive participle of ἑτοιμάζω.
εἰς : for.
μήν : month.
ἐνιαυτός : year.
ἀποκτείνωσιν : aorist (or present) subjunctive of ἀποκτείνω kill.
τὸ τρίτον : a third (part).

NA27 Text (Revelation 9:16):

καὶ ὁ ἀριθμὸς τῶν στρατευμάτων τοῦ ἱππικοῦ δισμυριάδες μυριάδων, ἤκουσα τὸν ἀριθμὸν αὐτῶν

Transliteration:

kai ho arithmos tōn strateumatōn tou hippikou dismyriades myriadōn, ēkousa ton arithmon autōn

Translation (ESV):

The number of mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand; I heard their number.

Analysis (Zerwick):

ἀριθμός : number.
στράτευμα, -ατος, τό : army ; also a force of troops.
ἱππικός : cavalry.
δισμυριάς, -άδος, ἡ = 20,000.
μυριάς = 10,000.
ἤκουσα : aorist of ἀκούω hear.

NA27 Text (Revelation 9:17):

Καὶ οὕτως εἶδον τοὺς ἵππους ἐν τῇ ὁράσει καὶ τοὺς καθημένους ἐπ᾿ αὐτῶν, ἔχοντας θώρακας πυρίνους καὶ ὑακινθίνους καὶ θειώδεις, καὶ αἱ κεφαλαὶ τῶν ἵππων ὡς κεφαλαὶ λεόντων, καὶ ἐκ τῶν στομάτων αὐτῶν ἐκπορεύεται πῦρ καὶ καπνὸς καὶ θεῖον.

Transliteration:

Kai houtōs eidon tous hippous en tȩ̄ horasei kai tous kathēmenous ep' autōn, echontas thōrakas pyrinous kai hyakinthinous kai theiōdeis, kai hai kephalai tōn hippōn hōs kephalai leontōn, kai ek tōn stomatōn autōn ekporeuetai pyr kai kapnos kai theion.

Translation (ESV):

And this is how I saw the horses in my vision and those who rode them: they wore breastplates the color of fire and of sapphire and of sulfur, and the heads of the horses were like lions’ heads, and fire and smoke and sulfur came out of their mouths.

Analysis (Zerwick):

οὕτως εἶδον : this is how I saw....
ἵππος : horse.
ὅρασις : sight ; vision.
καθημένους : participle of κάθημαι be sitting : οἱ κάθημαι ἐπ᾿ αὐτῶν their riders.
ἔχοντας : participle of ἔχω have, translate with.
θώραξ, -ακος, ὁ : a breastplate.
πύρινος, η, ον : of the color of fire.
ὑακίνθινος : of saphire.
θειώδης : of sulfur.
λέων, -οντος, ὁ : lion.
ἐκπορεύομαι : come out, issue.
καπνός : smoke.
θεῖον : sulfur.

NA27 Text (Revelation 9:18):

ἀπὸ τῶν τριῶν πληγῶν τούτων ἀπεκτάνθησαν τὸ τρίτον τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ἐκ τοῦ πυρὸς καὶ τοῦ καπνοῦ καὶ τοῦ θείου τοῦ ἐκπορευομένου ἐκ τῶν στομάτων αὐτῶν.

Transliteration:

apo tōn triōn plēgōn toutōn apektanthēsan to triton tōn anthrōpōn, ek tou pyros kai tou kapnou kai tou theiou tou ekporeuomenou ek tōn stomatōn autōn.

Translation (ESV):

By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed, by the fire and smoke and sulfur coming out of their mouths.

Analysis (Zerwick):

τριῶν : genitive of τρεῖς three.
πληγή : (< πλήσσω strike) wound ; metonymy plague.
ἀπεκτάνθησαν : aorist passive of ἀποκτείνω kill.
τὸ τρίτον : a third (part).