Revelation 4:3 — King James Version← Study notes
“And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.”
Revelation 4:3 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Revelation 4:317 words
καὶkaiand / also
ὁhothe
καθήμενοςkathēmenosdwell, sit (by, down)
ὅμοιοςhomoioslike, +
manner
ὁράσειhoraseisight, vision
λίθῳlithō(mill-, stumbling-)stone
ἰάσπιδιiaspidijasper
καὶkaiand / also
σαρδίῳsardiō
καὶkaiand / also
ἶριςirisrainbow
κυκλόθενkyklothen(round) about
τοῦtouthe
θρόνουthronouthrone
ὅμοιοςhomoioslike, +
manner
ὁράσειhoraseisight, vision
σμαραγδίνῳsmaragdinōemerald
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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