Revelation 1:15
Text: (NA27):
Transliteration (Accordance):
Translation (NRSV):
Analysis (Zerwick/BDAG, meanings in this context):
Text: (NA27):
καὶ οἱ πόδες αὐτοῦ ὅμοιοι χαλκολιβάνῳ ὡς ἐν καμίνῳ πεπυρωμένης καὶ ἡ φωνὴ αὐτοῦ ὡς φωνὴ ὑδάτων πολλῶν,
Transliteration (Accordance):
kai hoi podes autou homoioi chalkolibanō̧ hōs en kaminō̧ pepyrōmenēs kai hē phōnē autou hōs phōnē hydatōn pollōn,
Translation (NRSV):
his feet were like burnished bronze, refined as in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of many waters.
Analysis (Zerwick/BDAG, meanings in this context):
χαλκολίβανον : bronze ; exact substance unidentified.
κάμινος, -ου, ἡ : furnace.
πεπυρωμένης : perfect participle passive feminine of πυρόω burn, refine ; πεπυρωμένης feminine and genitive, defies explanation as it stands, amendments are suggested but these have poor manuscript support.
κάμινος, -ου, ἡ : furnace.
πεπυρωμένης : perfect participle passive feminine of πυρόω burn, refine ; πεπυρωμένης feminine and genitive, defies explanation as it stands, amendments are suggested but these have poor manuscript support.
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