Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
How much soever (osa). Indefinite quantitative relative pronoun osov in the accusative (cognate) neuter plural object of edocasen (first aorist active indicative of docazw).
Herself (authn). Reflexive pronoun, accusative also with edocasen.
Waxed wanton (estrhniasen). First aorist (ingressive) active indicative of strhniaw (to live luxuriously), verb in late comedy instead of trufaw (James 5:5), from strhnov (Revelation 18:3), only here in N.T.
So much give her of torment and mourning (tosouton dote auth basanismon kai penqov). Second aorist active imperative of didwmi, to give. The correlative pronoun tosouton is masculine singular accusative, agreeing with basanismon, for which see Revelation 9:5; Revelation 14:11, and is understood with the neuter word penqov (mourning), in N.T. only in James 4:9; Revelation 18:7 ff.; Revelation 21:4 (kin to paqos, penomai).
I sit a queen (kaqhmai basilissa). Predicate nominative for the old form basileia (basiliv), as in Matthew 12:42. Babylon and Tyre had preceded Rome in such boasting (Isaiah 47:7-9; Ezekiel 27:3; Ezekiel 28:2; Zephaniah 2:15).
And am no widow (kai xhra ouk eimi). Feminine of the adjective xhrov (barren), old word (Mark 12:40).
Shall in no wise see mourning (penqov ou mh idw). Confident boast of security with emphatic position of penqov (see above) and double negative ou mh with the second aorist active subjunctive of oraw (defective verb).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
John 3:3
1 Timothy 5:11
Revelation 9:5
Revelation 18:3
Revelation 18:7
Revelation 18:9
Revelation 18:10
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