Revelation 4:3
New Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
יָשְׁפֵה
yâshᵉphêh
a gem supposed to be jasper (from the resemblance in name)
σάρδινος
sárdinos
sardine (G3037 (λίθος) being implied), i.e. a gem, so called
נָקַף
nâqaph
to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. surround or circulate
סָבִיב
çâbîyb
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
כִּסֵּא
kiççêʼ
properly, covered, i.e. a throne (as canopied)
עַיִן
ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
בָּרֶקֶת
bâreqeth
a gem (as flashing), perhaps the emerald
Key Terms in This Verse
σάρδινος sárdinos
sardine (G3037 (λίθος) being implied), i.e. a gem, so called
Study G4555 →יָשְׁפֵה yâshᵉphêh
a gem supposed to be jasper (from the resemblance in name)
Study H3471 →רָאָה râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Study H7200 →יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →נָקַף nâqaph
to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. surround or circulate
Study H5362 →עַיִן ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
Study H5869 →Cross References
As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I ...
Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:
Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle,...
And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man a...
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.
And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
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