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Revelation 4:9 — King James Version← Study notes

And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,


Revelation 4:9Greek Interlinear

Greek · Revelation 4:922 words
GreekMeaning
καὶkai
AndwordG2532
ὅτανhotan
wheneverwordG3752
δώσουσινdōsousin
giveverbG1325
τὰta
thearticleG3588
ζῷαzōa
living creaturesnounG2226
δόξανdoxan
glorynounG1391
καὶkai
andwordG2532
τιμὴνtimēn
honornounG5092
καὶkai
andwordG2532
εὐχαριστίανeucharistian
thanksgivingnounG2169
τῷ
to the OnearticleG3588
καθημένῳkathēmenō
sittingverbG2521
ἐπὶepi
uponprepositionG1909
τῷ
whoarticleG3588
θρόνῳthronō
thronenounG2362
τῷ
thearticleG3588
ζῶντιzōnti
is livingverbG2198
εἰςeis
toprepositionG1519
τοὺςtous
of thearticleG3588
αἰῶναςaiōnas
agesnounG165
τῶνtōn
thearticleG3588
αἰώνωνaiōnōn
agesnounG165
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Revelation 4:9

“The first living creature was like to a lion, and the second was like to a calf, and the third had a face like to a man, and the fourth was like to a flying eagle; and they had six wings, and round about and within they were full of eyes; and they had no rest, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord Omnipotent. And the four and twenty elders, falling down before the throne, adored God.” The four and twenty elders are the twenty-four books of the prophets and of the law, which give…

Victorinus of Pettau · 3rd century · Commentary on the Apocalypse
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