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Revelation 17:5 NKJV

And on her forehead a name was written: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH

Revelation 17:8 NKJV

The beast that you saw was, and is not, and will ascend out of the bottomless pit and go to perdition. And those who dwell on the earth will marvel, whose names are not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world, when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.

Mustḗrion denotes a spiritual truth couched under an external representation or similitude and concealed or hidden thereby unless some explanation is given.

Followed by John marveling: which, if not checked, yields worship:

(II) By implication, trans ., to wonder at, i.e., to admire with the acc . (Luke 7:9; Acts 7:31); pass. (2 Thess. 1:10). In Rev. 13:3, “to wonder after the beast” (a.t.), i.e., to admire and follow him, to become his worshiper.1trans trans (transitive, transitively)

acc acc (accusative)

1 Zodhiates, S. (2000) The complete word study dictionary: New Testament. electronic ed. Chattanooga, TN: AMG Publishers.

(Mark 4:11; Luke 8:10; Rev. 1:20; 10:7; 17:5, 7, in their respective contexts).11 Zodhiates, S. (2000) The complete word study dictionary: New Testament. electronic ed. Chattanooga, TN: AMG Publishers.