Revelation 9:8 Meaning and Explanation
“And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →The locusts have hair like women's and teeth like a lion's.
What Does Revelation 9:8 Mean?
The strange portrait continues. The creatures have long hair, like the flowing hair of women, and teeth like a lion's, fierce and tearing. Each likeness adds to the sense of something wild, untamed, and built to devour.
Lion's teeth recall the imagery elsewhere of an enemy who prowls about seeking whom he may devour. The detail is not given to satisfy curiosity but to impress the reality of the threat. Spiritual danger is not a vague abstraction; it has teeth. Yet the reader remembers that there is a greater Lion, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, who has prevailed. The mouths that menace God's people will not have the last roar.
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What does Revelation 9:8 mean?
The locusts have hair like women's and teeth like a lion's.