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Revelation 9:17 — King James Version← Study notes

And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.


Revelation 9:17Greek Interlinear

Greek · Revelation 9:1739 words
GreekMeaning
καὶkai
AndwordG2532
οὕτωςhoutōs
thusadverbG3779
εἶδονeidon
I sawverbG3708
τοὺςtous
thearticleG3588
ἵππουςhippous
horsesnounG2462
ἐνen
inprepositionG1722
τῇ
thearticleG3588
ὁράσειhorasei
visionnounG3706
καὶkai
andwordG2532
τοὺςtous
thosearticleG3588
καθημένουςkathēmenous
sittingverbG2521
ἐπ’ep’
onprepositionG1909
αὐτῶνautōn
thempronounG846
ἔχονταςechontas
havingverbG2192
θώρακαςthōrakas
breastplatesnounG2382
πυρίνουςpyrinous
fieryadjectiveG4447
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ὑακινθίνουςhyakinthinous
hyacinthineadjectiveG5191
καὶkai
andwordG2532
θειώδειςtheiōdeis
brimstoneadjectiveG2306
καὶkai
AndwordG2532
αἱhai
thearticleG3588
κεφαλαὶkephalai
headsnounG2776
τῶνtōn
of thearticleG3588
ἵππωνhippōn
horses werenounG2462
ὡςhōs
likewordG5613
κεφαλαὶkephalai
headsnounG2776
λεόντωνleontōn
of lionsnounG3023
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ἐκek
out ofprepositionG1537
τῶνtōn
thearticleG3588
στομάτωνstomatōn
mouthsnounG4750
αὐτῶνautōn
of thempronounG846
ἐκπορεύεταιekporeuetai
proceedverbG1607
πῦρpyr
firenounG4442
καὶkai
andwordG2532
καπνὸςkapnos
smokenounG2586
καὶkai
andwordG2532
θεῖονtheion
brimstonenounG2303
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Revelation 9:17

“And I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is in the presence of God, saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels.” That is, the four corners of the earth which hold the four winds. “Which are bound in the great river Euphrates.” By the corners of the earth, or the four winds across the river Euphrates, are meant four nations, because to every nation is sent an angel; as said the law, “He determined them by the number of the…

Victorinus of Pettau · 3rd century · Commentary on the Apocalypse
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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