Revelation 12:15
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And the serpent cast out of his mouth, after the woman, water, as it were a river: that he might cause her to be carried away by the river.

cast.

Revelation 17:15 And he said to me: The waters which thou sawest, where the harlot sitteth, are peoples and nations and tongues.

Psalm 18:4 The sorrows of death surrounded me: and the torrents of iniquity troubled me.

Psalm 65:7 Who troublest the depth of the sea, the noise of its waves. The Gentiles shall be troubled,

Psalm 93:3,4 The floods have lifted up, O Lord: the floods have lifted up their voice. The floods have lifted up their waves, . . .

Isaiah 8:7 Therefore behold the Lord will bring upon them the waters of the river strong and many, the king of the Assyrians, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and shall overflow all his banks.

Isaiah 28:2 Behold the Lord is mighty and strong, as a storm of hail: a destroying whirlwind, as the violence of many waters overflowing, and sent forth upon a spacious land.

Isaiah 59:19 And they from the west, shall fear the name of the Lord: and they from the rising of the sun, his glory when he shall come as a violent stream, which the spirit of the Lord driveth on:

Context
The Woman Persecuted
14And there were given to the woman two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the desert, unto her place, where she is nourished for a time and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. 15And the serpent cast out of his mouth, after the woman, water, as it were a river: that he might cause her to be carried away by the river. 16And the earth helped the woman: and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed up the river which the dragon cast out of his mouth.…
Cross References
Genesis 3:1
Now the serpent was more subtle than any of the beasts of the earth which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman: Why hath God commanded you, that you should not eat of every tree of paradise?

2 Corinthians 11:3
But I fear lest, as the serpent seduced Eve by his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted and fall from the simplicity that is in Christ.

Revelation 12:9
And that great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, who seduceth the whole world. And he was cast unto the earth: and his angels were thrown down with him.

Revelation 12:16
And the earth helped the woman: and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed up the river which the dragon cast out of his mouth.

Revelation 20:2
And he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, which is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.

Lexicon
Then
Καὶ (Kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

from
ἐκ (ek)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1537: From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.

the
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

mouth
στόματος (stomatos)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 4750: The mouth, speech, eloquence in speech, the point of a sword.

of the
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

serpent
ὄφις (ophis)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3789: Probably from optanomai; a snake, figuratively, an artful malicious person, especially Satan.

spewed
ἔβαλεν (ebalen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 906: (a) I cast, throw, rush, (b) often, in the weaker sense: I place, put, drop. A primary verb; to throw.

water
ὕδωρ (hydōr)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 5204: Water. And genitive case, hudatos, etc. From the base of huetos; water literally or figuratively.

like
ὡς (hōs)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 5613: Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.

a river
ποταμόν (potamon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 4215: A river, torrent, stream. Probably from a derivative of the alternate of pino; a current, brook or freshet, i.e. Running water.

to overtake
ὀπίσω (opisō)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 3694: Behind, after; back, backwards. From the same as opisthen with enclitic of direction; to the back, i.e. Aback.

the
τῆς (tēs)
Article - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

woman
γυναικὸς (gynaikos)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1135: A woman, wife, my lady. Probably from the base of ginomai; a woman; specially, a wife.

[and]
ἵνα (hina)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2443: In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.

sweep
ποιήσῃ (poiēsē)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.

her
αὐτὴν (autēn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Feminine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

away in the torrent.
ποταμοφόρητον (potamophorēton)
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 4216: Carried away by a stream. From potamos and a derivative of phoreo; river-borne, i.e. Overwhelmed by a stream.


Additional Translations
Then from the mouth of the serpent spewed water like a river to overtake the woman and sweep her away in the torrent.

And out of his mouth the serpent cast water as a river after the woman, so that he might cause her to be carried away by a flood.

And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.

And the serpent cast out of his mouth after the woman water as a river, that he might cause her to be carried away by the stream.

And the serpent cast out of his mouth behind the woman water as a river, that he might make her be [as] one carried away by a river.

And the serpent cast out of his mouth after the woman water as a river, that he might cause her to be carried away by the stream.

And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood.

And the serpent poured water from his mouth--a very river it seemed--after the woman, in the hope that she would be carried away by its flood.

The serpent spewed water out of his mouth after the woman like a river, that he might cause her to be carried away by the stream.

and the serpent did cast forth after the woman, out of his mouth, water as a river, that he may cause her to be carried away by the river,
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