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# General Information:
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John begins to describe a beast who appears in his vision. The word "I" here refers to John.
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# dragon
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This was a large, fierce reptile, like a lizard. For Jewish people, it was a symbol of evil and chaos. The dragon is also identified as "the devil or Satan." See how you translated this in [Revelation 12:3](../12/03.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-symlanguage]])
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# The dragon gave his power to it
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The dragon made the beast as powerful as he was. He did not lose his power, however, by giving it to the beast.
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# his power ... his throne, and his great authority to rule
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These are three ways of referring to his authority, and together they emphasize that the authority was great.
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# his throne
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The word "throne" here refers to the dragon's authority to rule as king. AT: "his royal authority" or "his authority to rule as king" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/beast]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/horn]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/crown]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/blasphemy]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/leopard]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/bearanimal]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/lion]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/throne]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/authority]] |