Rev 18:19 | RWP | e4.org | They cast dust ( εβαλον χουν ). Second aorist active of βαλλω . Χους is old word (from χεω to pour) for heap of earth, dust, in N.T. only here and . Cf. ; . This is the dirge of the sea-folk (cf. verses , ). By reason of her costliness ( εκ της τιμιοτητος αυτης ). Occasionally in later literary Greek, though here only in N.T. and not in LXX. The same use of τιμη appears in . Common in the papyri as a title like "Your Honor" (Moulton and Milligan's Vocabulary ).

‏ Revelation of John 18:19

They cast dust ( εβαλον χουν ). Second aorist active of βαλλω. Χους is old word (from χεω to pour) for heap of earth, dust, in N.T. only here and Mr 6:11. Cf. Eze 27:30; Lu 10:13. This is the dirge of the sea-folk (cf. verses 10, 16).

By reason of her costliness ( εκ της τιμιοτητος αυτης ). Occasionally in later literary Greek, though here only in N.T. and not in LXX. The same use of τιμη appears in 1Pe 2:7. Common in the papyri as a title like "Your Honor" (Moulton and Milligan's Vocabulary).