Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
The voice (fwnh). Cf. Ezekiel 26:13. Or "sound" as in I Corinthians 14:8 with salpigc (trumpet). For this song of judgment see Jeremiah 25:10.
Of harpers (kiqarwdwn). Old word (from kiqara, harp, and wdov, singer) as in Revelation 14:2.
Of minstrels (mousikwn). Old word (from mousa, music), here only in N.T., one playing on musical instruments.
Of flute-players (aulhtwn). Old word (from aulew, to play on a flute, Matthew 11:17, aulov, flute, I Corinthians 14:7), in N.T. only here and Matthew 9:23.
Of trumpeters (salpistwn). Late form for the earlier salpigkthv (from salpizw), here only in N.T.
Shall be heard no more at all (ou mh akousqh). First aorist passive subjunctive of akouw with the double negative as below, with fwnh mulou (sound of the millstone), and as in verse Revelation 18:21 with ou me eureqh and again with pav texnithv (craftsman). This old word is from texnh, art, as here in some MSS. ("of whatsoever craft," pashv texnhv). Texnithv occurs also in this sense in Acts 19:24, Acts 19:38; and in Hebrews 11:10 of God as the Architect. There is power in this four-fold sonorous repetition of ou mh and the subjunctive with two more examples in verse Revelation 18:23.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Revelation 18:22:
Revelation 14:2
Revelation 18:21
Revelation 18:23
Revelation 18:23
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