Revelation 17:10
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Five are fallen, one is, and the other is not yet come: and when he is come, he must remain a short time.

Context
The Mystery Explained
9And here is the understanding that hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, upon which the woman sitteth: and they are seven kings. 10Five are fallen, one is, and the other is not yet come: and when he is come, he must remain a short time. 11And the beast which was and is not: the same also is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into destruction.…
Cross References
Revelation 10:11
And he said to me: Thou must prophesy again to many nations and peoples and tongues and kings.

Revelation 17:11
And the beast which was and is not: the same also is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into destruction.

Lexicon
There are
εἰσιν (eisin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

also
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

seven
ἑπτά (hepta)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 2033: Seven. A primary number; seven.

kings.
βασιλεῖς (basileis)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 935: A king, ruler, but in some passages clearly to be translated: emperor. Probably from basis; a sovereign.

Five
πέντε (pente)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 4002: Five. A primary number; 'five'.

are fallen,
ἔπεσαν (epesan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4098: A reduplicated and contracted form of peto; probably akin to petomai through the idea of alighting; to fall.

one
εἷς (heis)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 1520: One. (including the neuter Hen); a primary numeral; one.

is,
ἔστιν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

[and] 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.

other
ἄλλος (allos)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 243: Other, another (of more than two), different. A primary word; 'else, ' i.e. Different.

{has} not yet
οὔπω (oupō)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 3768: Not yet. From ou and po; not yet.

come;
ἦλθεν (ēlthen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2064: To come, go.

[but]
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

when
ὅταν (hotan)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 3752: When, whenever. From hote and an; whenever; also causatively inasmuch as.

he does come,
ἔλθῃ (elthē)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2064: To come, go.

he
αὐτὸν (auton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 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.

must
δεῖ (dei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1163: Third person singular active present of deo; also deon deh-on'; neuter active participle of the same; both used impersonally; it is Necessary.

remain
μεῖναι (meinai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 3306: To remain, abide, stay, wait; with acc: I wait for, await. A primary verb; to stay.

for only a little while.
ὀλίγον (oligon)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3641: Puny; especially neuter somewhat.


Additional Translations
There are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come; but when he does come, he must remain for only a little while.

and there are seven kings. The five are fallen, the one is, the other has not yet come; and when he shall have come, it behooves him to remain a little while.

And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he comes, he must continue a short space.

and they are seven kings; the five are fallen, the one is, the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a little while.

And there are seven kings: five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; and when he comes he must remain [only] a little while.

and they are seven kings; the five are fallen, the one is, the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a little while.

And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short time.

And they are seven kings: five of them have fallen, and the one is still reigning. The seventh has not yet come, but when he comes he must continue for a short time.

They are seven kings. Five have fallen, the one is, the other has not yet come. When he comes, he must continue a little while.

and there are seven kings, the five did fall, and the one is, the other did not yet come, and when he may come, it behoveth him to remain a little time;
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