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Declensions in Judgment Imagery: The Grammar of Revelation 8:10
Καὶ ὁ τρίτος ἄγγελος ἐσάλπισε, καὶ ἔπεσεν ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἀστὴρ μέγας καιόμενος ὡς λαμπάς, καὶ ἔπεσεν ἐπὶ τὸ τρίτον τῶν ποταμῶν καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς πηγὰς τῶν ὑδάτων. (Revelation 8:10)
And the third angel sounded the trumpet, and a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell upon a third of the rivers and upon the springs of waters.
When Declensions Map Cosmic CatastropheThis apocalyptic trumpet vision uses declensions to anchor a chaotic scene in grammatical precision. Nominatives identify the celestial actors, genitives frame the source and scope of disaster, and accusatives pinpoint its objects. The grammar not only describes the event but also structures its prophetic intensity.… Learn Koine Greek