Colossians 1:15

New Testament • 5 words with Strong's data

"Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:"

Word-by-Word Analysis

Who is the

צֶלֶם

tselem

H6755

an idolatrous figure

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of the

ἀόρατος

aóratos

G517

invisible

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אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym

H430

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...

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the

בְּכוֹר

bᵉkôwr

H1060

firstborn; hence, chief

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of every

נֶפֶשׁ

nephesh

H5315

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...

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Key Terms in This Verse

invisible G517

ἀόρατος aóratos

invisible

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creature H5315

נֶפֶשׁ nephesh

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

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image H6755

צֶלֶם tselem

an idolatrous figure

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firstborn H1060

בְּכוֹר bᵉkôwr

firstborn; hence, chief

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God H430

אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a supe...

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Cross References

Hebrews 1:3 cross-reference

Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the...

John 14:9 cross-reference

Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?

John 1:1 cross-reference

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

2 Corinthians 4:4 cross-reference

In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

John 1:18 cross-reference

No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

John 1:14 cross-reference

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

Psalm 89:27 cross-reference

Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.

2 Corinthians 4:6 cross-reference

For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Philippians 2:6 cross-reference

Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

1 Timothy 1:17 cross-reference

Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Romans 8:29 cross-reference

For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

Revelation 3:14 cross-reference

And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;

John 3:16 cross-reference

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Hebrews 1:6 cross-reference

And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.

1 Timothy 6:16 cross-reference

Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.

Colossians 1:13 cross-reference

Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

John 15:24 cross-reference

If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.

Numbers 12:8 cross-reference

With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?

Hebrews 11:27 cross-reference

By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.

Exodus 24:10 cross-reference

And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.

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