Revelation 9:7
And the locusts looked like horses prepared for battle, with something like crowns of gold on their heads, and faces like the faces of men.
BSB
Parallel translations (2) ▾
ASV
And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared for war; and upon their heads as it were crowns like unto gold, and their faces were as men’s faces.
KJV
And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.
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Commentary
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26 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| καὶ | kai | And | G2532 → |
| τὰ | ta | the | G3588 → |
| ὁμοιώματα | homoiōmata | appearance | G3667 → |
| τῶν | tōn | of the | G3588 → |
| ἀκρίδων | akridōn | locusts [was] | G200 → |
| ὅμοια | homoia | like | G3664 → |
| ἵπποις | ippois | as horses | G2462 → |
| ἡτοιμασμένοις | hētoimasmenois | prepared | G2090 → |
| εἰς | eis | for | G1519 → |
| πόλεμον, | polemon | battle, | G4171 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| ἐπὶ | epi | upon | G1909 → |
| τὰς | tas | the | G3588 → |
| κεφαλὰς | kephalas | heads | G2776 → |
| αὐτῶν | autōn | of them | G846 → |
| ὡς | hōs | [were something] like | G5613 → |
| στέφανοι | stephanoi | crowns | G4735 → |
| ὅμοιοι | homoioi | like | G3664 → |
| χρυσῷ, | chrusō | as gold, | G5557 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| τὰ | ta | the | G3588 → |
| πρόσωπα | prosōpa | faces | G4383 → |
| αὐτῶν | autōn | of them | G846 → |
| ὡς | hōs | like | G5613 → |
| πρόσωπα | prosōpa | [the] faces | G4383 → |
| ἀνθρώπων. | anthrōpōn | of men. | G444 → |
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