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mulinos describes the stone used by the angel as the comparison for Babylon's violent casting down.
In Revelation 18:21, the accusative singular masculine form describes the stone taken up and thrown into the sea, forming the comparison for Babylon the great city's sudden violent casting down.
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Stone used in a judgment comparison · dominant
In Revelation 18:21, μύλινον is accusative singular masculine and describes the stone that a strong angel takes up and throws into the sea. The APB renders the scene as a stone "like a great millstone," followed by the comparison of Babylon the great city being thrown down with sudden violence.
In the Anselm Project Bible: In Revelation 18:21, the APB presents the stone as "like a great millstone." That phrase confirms the verse's comparison without isolating the term beyond the clause.