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Re 20:2 Strong Concordance And [2532] he laid hold on [2902] the dragon [1404], that old [744] serpent [3789], which [3739] is [2076] the Devil [1228], and [2532] Satan [4567], and [2532] bound [1210] him [846] a thousand [5507] years [2094],
  King James And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
that old--ancient serpent (Rev 12:9).

thousand years--As seven mystically implies universality, so a thousand implies perfection, whether in good or evil [AQUINAS on ch. 11]. Thousand symbolizes that the world is perfectly leavened and pervaded by the divine; since thousand is ten, the number of the world, raised to the third power, three being the number of God [AUBERLEN]. It may denote literally also a thousand years.
 
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9 And [2532] the great [3173] dragon [1404] was cast out [906], that old [744] serpent [3789], called [2564] the Devil [1228], and [2532] Satan [4567], which [3588] deceiveth [4105] the whole [3650] world [3625]: he was cast out [906] into [1519] the earth [1093], and [2532] his [846] angels [32] were cast out [906] with [3326] him [846].
6 Now there was a day [03117] when the sons [01121] of God [0430] came [0935] to present [03320] themselves before the LORD [03068], and Satan [07854] came [0935] also among [08432] them.
1 Then [5119] was Jesus [2424] led up [321] of [5259] the Spirit [4151] into [1519] the wilderness [2048] to be tempted [3985] of [5259] the devil [1228].
3 And [2532] there appeared [3700] another [243] wonder [4592] in [1722] heaven [3772]; and [2532] behold [2400] a great [3173] red [4450] dragon [1404], having [2192] seven [2033] heads [2776] and [2532] ten [1176] horns [2768], and [2532] seven [2033] crowns [1238] upon [1909] his [846] heads [2776].
1 Now the serpent [05175] was [01961] more subtil [06175] than any beast [02416] of the field [07704] which the LORD [03068] God [0430] had made [06213]. And he said [0559] unto the woman [0802], Yea [0637], hath God [0430] said [0559], Ye shall not eat [0398] of every tree [06086] of the garden [01588]?
13 And [2532] I saw [1492] three [5140] unclean [169] spirits [4151] like [3664] frogs [944] come out of [1537] the mouth [4750] of the dragon [1404], and [2532] out of [1537] the mouth [4750] of the beast [2342], and [2532] out of [1537] the mouth [4750] of the false prophet [5578].
14 For [1063] they are [1526] the spirits [4151] of devils [1142], working [4160] miracles [4592], which go forth [1607] [3739] [1607] unto [1909] the kings [935] of the earth [1093] and [2532] of the whole [3650] world [3625], to gather [4863] them [846] to [1519] the battle [4171] of that [1565] great [3173] day [2250] of God [2316] Almighty [3841].
13 And [2532] I saw [1492] three [5140] unclean [169] spirits [4151] like [3664] frogs [944] come out of [1537] the mouth [4750] of the dragon [1404], and [2532] out of [1537] the mouth [4750] of the beast [2342], and [2532] out of [1537] the mouth [4750] of the false prophet [5578].
11 And [2532] I beheld [1492] another [243] beast [2342] coming up [305] out of [1537] the earth [1093]; and [2532] he had [2192] two [1417] horns [2768] like [3664] a lamb [721], and [2532] he spake [2980] as [5613] a dragon [1404].
4 And [2532] they worshipped [4352] the dragon [1404] which [3739] gave [1325] power [1849] unto the beast [2342]: and [2532] they worshipped [4352] the beast [2342], saying [3004], Who [5101] is like [3664] unto the beast [2342]? who [5101] is able [1410] to make war [4170] with [3326] him [846]?
2 And [2532] the beast [2342] which [3739] I saw [1492] was [2258] like [3664] unto a leopard [3917], and [2532] his [846] feet [4228] were as [5613] the feet of a bear [715], and [2532] his [846] mouth [4750] as [5613] the mouth [4750] of a lion [3023]: and [2532] the dragon [1404] gave [1325] him [846] his [846] power [1411], and [2532] his [846] seat [2362], and [2532] great [3173] authority [1849].
16 And [2532] the earth [1093] helped [997] the woman [1135], and [2532] the earth [1093] opened [455] her [846] mouth [4750], and [2532] swallowed up [2666] the flood [4215] which [3739] the dragon [1404] cast [906] out of [1537] his [846] mouth [4750].
17 And [2532] the dragon [1404] was wroth [3710] with [1909] the woman [1135], and [2532] went [565] to make [4160] war [4171] with [3326] the remnant [3062] of her [846] seed [4690], which [3588] keep [5083] the commandments [1785] of God [2316], and [2532] have [2192] the testimony [3141] of Jesus [2424] Christ [5547].
13 And [2532] when [3753] the dragon [1404] saw [1492] that [3754] he was cast [906] unto [1519] the earth [1093], he persecuted [1377] the woman [1135] which [3748] brought forth [5088] the man [730] child.
7 And [2532] there was [1096] war [4171] in [1722] heaven [3772]: Michael [3413] and [2532] his [846] angels [32] fought [4170] against [2596] the dragon [1404]; and [2532] the dragon [1404] fought [4170] and [2532] his [846] angels [32],
4 And [2532] his [846] tail [3769] drew [4951] the third part [5154] of the stars [792] of heaven [3772], and [2532] did cast [906] them [846] to [1519] the earth [1093]: and [2532] the dragon [1404] stood [2476] before [1799] the woman [1135] which [3588] was ready [3195] to be delivered [5088], for [2443] to devour [2719] her [846] child [5043] as soon as [3752] it was born [5088].
2 And [2532] she being [2192] with [1722] child [1064] cried [2896], travailing in birth [5605], and [2532] pained [928] to be delivered [5088].
4 And [2532] consulted [4823] that [2443] they might take [2902] Jesus [2424] by subtilty [1388], and [2532] kill [615] him.
6 And [1161] the remnant [3062] took [2902] his [846] servants [1401], and entreated them spitefully [5195], and [2532] slew [615] them.
46 But [2532] when they sought [2212] to lay hands [2902] on him [846], they feared [5399] the multitude [3793], because [1894] they took [2192] him [846] for [5613] a prophet [4396].
28 But [1161] the same [1565] servant [1401] went out [1831], and found [2147] one [1520] of his [846] fellowservants [4889], which [3739] owed [3784] him [846] an hundred [1540] pence [1220]: and [2532] he laid hands [2902] on him [846], and took him by the throat [4155], saying [3004], Pay [591] me [3427] that [3748] thou owest [3784].
3 For [1063] Herod [2264] had laid hold [2902] on John [2491], and bound [1210] him [846], and [2532] put [5087] him in [1722] prison [5438] for [1223] Herodias' [2266] sake [1223], his [846] brother [80] Philip's [5376] wife [1135].
24 Then [1534] cometh the end [5056], when [3752] he shall have delivered up [3860] the kingdom [932] to God [2316], even [2532] the Father [3962]; when [3752] he shall have put down [2673] all [3956] rule [746] and [2532] all [3956] authority [1849] and [2532] power [1411].
18 And [1161] he said [2036] unto them [846], I beheld [2334] Satan [4567] as [5613] lightning [796] fall [4098] from [1537] heaven [3772].
1 Then [5119] was Jesus [2424] led up [321] of [5259] the Spirit [4151] into [1519] the wilderness [2048] to be tempted [3985] of [5259] the devil [1228].
7 Brethren [80], I write [1125] no [3756] new [2537] commandment [1785] unto you [5213], but [235] an old [3820] commandment [1785] which [3739] ye had [2192] from [575] the beginning [746]. The old [3820] commandment [1785] is [2076] the word [3056] which [3739] ye have heard [191] from [575] the beginning [746].
3 And [2532] there appeared [3700] another [243] wonder [4592] in [1722] heaven [3772]; and [2532] behold [2400] a great [3173] red [4450] dragon [1404], having [2192] seven [2033] heads [2776] and [2532] ten [1176] horns [2768], and [2532] seven [2033] crowns [1238] upon [1909] his [846] heads [2776].
11 And [1161] as the lame man [5560] which was healed [2390] held [2902] Peter [4074] and [2532] John [2491], all [3956] the people [2992] ran together [4936] unto [4314] them [846] in [1909] the porch [4745] that is called [2564] Solomon's [4672], greatly wondering [1569].
3 And [2532] if [1437] I send [630] them [846] away [630] fasting [3523] to [1519] their own [846] houses [3624], they will faint [1590] by [1722] the way [3598]: for [1063] divers [5100] of them [846] came [2240] from far [3113].
41 Then [5119] shall he say [2046] also [2532] unto them on [1537] the left hand [2176], Depart [4198] from [575] me [1700], ye cursed [2672], into [1519] everlasting [166] fire [4442], prepared [2090] for the devil [1228] and [2532] his [846] angels [32]:
3 And [2532] cast [906] him [846] into [1519] the bottomless pit [12], and [2532] shut [2808] him [846] up [2808], and [2532] set a seal [4972] upon [1883] him [846], that [3363] he should deceive [4105] the nations [1484] no [3363] more [2089], till [891] the thousand [5507] years [2094] should be fulfilled [5055]: and [2532] after [3326] that [5023] he [846] must [1163] be loosed [3089] a little [3398] season [5550].
4 And [2532] I saw [1492] thrones [2362], and [2532] they sat [2523] upon [1909] them [846], and [2532] judgment [2917] was given [1325] unto them [846]: and [2532] I saw the souls [5590] of them that were beheaded [3990] for [1223] the witness [3141] of Jesus [2424], and [2532] for [1223] the word [3056] of God [2316], and [2532] which [3748] had [4352] not [3756] worshipped [4352] the beast [2342], neither [3777] his [846] image [1504], [2532] neither [3756] had received [2983] his mark [5480] upon [1909] their [846] foreheads [3359], or [2532] in [1909] their [846] hands [5495]; and [2532] they lived [2198] and [2532] reigned [936] with [3326] Christ [5547] a thousand [5507] years [2094].
5 But [1161] the rest [3062] of the dead [3498] lived [326] not [3756] again [326] until [2193] the thousand [5507] years [2094] were finished [5055]. This [3778] is the first [4413] resurrection [386].
9 And [2532] the great [3173] dragon [1404] was cast out [906], that old [744] serpent [3789], called [2564] the Devil [1228], and [2532] Satan [4567], which [3588] deceiveth [4105] the whole [3650] world [3625]: he was cast out [906] into [1519] the earth [1093], and [2532] his [846] angels [32] were cast out [906] with [3326] him [846].