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Of the creatures (tōn ktismatōn). See Rev 5:13 for this word ktisma. Even they that had life (ta echonta psuchas). Here the nominative articular participle is in apposition with the genitive ktismatōn, as often in this book. See Exo 7:20 for the destruction of fish, and Zep 1:3.
Was destroyed (diephtharēsan). Second aorist passive indicative of diaphtheirō, old compound, to corrupt, to consume, to destroy (perfective use of dia), also Rev 11:18. The plural ploion just before the verb makes the idea plural.