Revelation 1:16

“and he had in his right hand seven stars, and from his mouth came out a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun when it shines in its strength.”

Revelation 1:16 · direct translation from the Greek
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Revelation 1:16, word by word

he hadἔχωνechōn

hold

To carry something in the hand or wear it.

Where else “echōn” appears
his rightδεξιᾷdexiai

right

Right (hand, side).

Where else “dexiai” appears
handχειρὶcheiri

hand

The part of the body at the end of the arm, used to hold and touch.

Where else “cheiri” appears
sevenἑπτάhepta

seven

Seven.

Where else “hepta” appears
starsἀστέραςasteras

star

Star, heavenly body.

Where else “asteras” appears
his mouthστόματοςstomatos

mouth

The part of the face through which one eats and speaks; also what one says.

Where else “stomatos” appears
came outἐκπορευομένηekporeuomenē

come out

To spring from within, like words from the mouth.

Where else “ekporeuomenē” appears
a sharpὀξεῖαoxeia

sharp

That cuts well.

Where else “oxeia” appears
two-edgedδίστομοςdistomos

two-edged

Two-edged, double-edged.

Where else “distomos” appears
swordῥομφαίαrhomphaia

sword

Sword, a large broad sword.

Where else “rhomphaia” appears
his faceὄψιςopsis

face

A person's countenance.

Where else “opsis” appears
the sunἥλιοςhēlios

sun

Sun.

Where else “hēlios” appears
shinesφαίνειphainei

shine

To give light, shine.

Where else “phainei” appears
its strengthδυνάμειdynamei

power

The strength to act, above all that of God and his Spirit.

Where else “dynamei” appears

The context

15and his feet were like burnished bronze, as if refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of many waters.

16 · This verse (above)

17And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. And he placed his right hand on me, saying, “Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last,

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