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NASB					Rev 17:5 and on her forehead³³⁵⁹ a name³⁶⁸⁶ was written¹¹²⁵, a ^Amystery³⁴⁶⁶, "^BBABYLON⁸⁹⁷ THE GREAT³¹⁷³, THE MOTHER³³⁸⁴ OF HARLOTS⁴²⁰⁴ AND OF ^CTHE ABOMINATIONS⁹⁴⁶ OF THE EARTH¹⁰⁹³."
AMPLIFIED 2015					Rev 17:5 And on her forehead a name was written, a mystery: "BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES (false religions, heresies) AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH."

NASB Cross References:
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2 Thess 2:7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way.

Rev 14:8 ¶ And another angel, a second one, followed, saying, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, she who has made all the nations drink of the wine of the passion of her immorality."

Rev 17:2 with whom the kings of the earth committed acts of immorality, and those who dwell on the earth were made drunk with the wine of her immorality."

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897

Babulôn; of Akk. or., cf. [894]; "gate of god(s)," Babylon, a large city situated astride the Euphrates river:--Babylon(12).

946

bdelugma; from 948; a detestable thing:--abomination(3), abominations(2), detestable(1).

1093

gê; a prim. word; the earth, land:--country(2), earth(165), earthly(1), ground(20), land(46), soil(16).

1125

graphô; a prim. vb.; to write:--read(1), sent this letter(1), write(37), writes(1), writing(14), written(117), wrote(20).

3173

megas; a prim. word; great:--abundant(1), all the more(1), arrogant(1), big(2), completely*(1), fierce(2), great(115), great men(2), great things(2), greater(30), greater things(1), greatest(10), greatly*(1), grown*(1), high(2), huge(1), large(8), larger(2), larger ones(1), long time(1), loud(42), mighty(1), more important(2), older(1), one greater(1), perfectly(2), severe(2), stricter(1), strong(1), surprising(1), terribly(1), too much(1), very much(1), wide(1).

3359

metôpon; from 3326 and ôps (an eye, face); the forehead:--forehead(4), foreheads(4).

3384

mêtêr; a prim. word; mother:--mother(75), mother's(7), mothers(2).

3466

mustêrion; from mustês (one initiated); from 3453; a mystery or secret doctrine:--mysteries(5), mystery(22).

3686

onoma; a prim. word; a name, authority, cause:--called(1), name(175), name's(7), named(34), names(8), people(1), people*(1), persons(1).

4204

pornê; prob. from pernêmi (to export for sale); a prostitute:--harlot(6), harlots(1), prostitute(2), prostitutes(3).

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