Revelation
Revelation 4:3
3The One seated there looked like jasper and carnelian, and a rainbow that gleamed like an emerald encircled the throne.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The | ὁ | ho | Article - Nominative Masculine Singular | G3588 the |
| seated there | καθήμενος | kathēmenos | Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular | G2521 I sit, am seated |
| looked | ὁράσει | horasei | Noun - Dative Feminine Singular | G3706 a sight, vision, appearance |
| like | ὅμοιος | homoios | Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular | G3664 like, similar to |
| jasper | ἰάσπιδι | iaspidi | Noun - Dative Feminine Singular | G2393 jasper |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| carnelian | σαρδίῳ | sardiō | Noun - Dative Neuter Singular | G4556 carnelian |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| a rainbow | ἶρις | iris | Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular | G2463 a rainbow |
| that gleamed | ὁράσει | horasei | Noun - Dative Feminine Singular | G3706 a sight, vision, appearance |
| like | ὅμοιος | homoios | Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular | G3664 like, similar to |
| an emerald | σμαραγδίνῳ | smaragdinō | Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular | G4664 made of emerald |
| encircled | κυκλόθεν | kyklothen | Preposition | G2943 in a circle round |
| the | τοῦ | tou | Article - Genitive Masculine Singular | G3588 the |
| throne | θρόνου | thronou | Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular | G2362 a throne, seat |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Ezekiel 1:28 · Revelation 21:11 · Genesis 9:13–16 · Revelation 10:1 · Ezekiel 28:13 · Ezekiel 1:26 · Revelation 21:19–20 · Exodus 24:10
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.