KJV: And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass;
YLT: 'And to the messenger of the assembly of Thyatira write: These things saith the Son of God, who is having his eyes as a flame of fire, and his feet like to fine brass;
Darby: And to the angel of the assembly in Thyatira write: These things says the Son of God, he that has his eyes as a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass:
ASV: And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like a flame of fire, and his feet are like unto burnished brass:
ἀγγέλῳ | [the] messenger |
Parse: Noun, Dative Masculine Singular Root: ἄγγελος Sense: a messenger, envoy, one who is sent, an angel, a messenger from God. |
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τῆς | of the |
Parse: Article, Genitive Feminine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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Θυατείροις | Thyatira |
Parse: Noun, Dative Neuter Plural Root: Θυάτειρα Sense: a colony of Macedonia Greeks, situated between Sardis and Pergamos on the river Lycus; its inhabitants gained their living by traffic and the art of dyeing in purple. |
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ἐκκλησίας | church |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Feminine Singular Root: ἐκκλησία Sense: a gathering of citizens called out from their homes into some public place, an assembly. |
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γράψον | write |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Imperative Active, 2nd Person Singular Root: γράφω Sense: to write, with reference to the form of the letters. |
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Τάδε | These things |
Parse: Demonstrative Pronoun, Accusative Neuter Plural Root: ὅδε Sense: this one here, these things, as follows, thus. |
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λέγει | says |
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: λέγω Sense: to say, to speak. |
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Υἱὸς | Son |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: υἱός Sense: a son. |
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τοῦ | - |
Parse: Article, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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Θεοῦ | of God |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: θεός Sense: a god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities. |
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ὁ | the [One] |
Parse: Article, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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ὀφθαλμοὺς | eyes |
Parse: Noun, Accusative Masculine Plural Root: ὀφθαλμός Sense: the eye. |
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αὐτοῦ | of Him |
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular Root: αὐτός Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself. |
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ὡς | like |
Parse: Adverb Root: ὡς Sense: as, like, even as, etc. |
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φλόγα | a flame |
Parse: Noun, Accusative Feminine Singular Root: φλόξ Sense: a flame. |
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πυρός | of fire |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Neuter Singular Root: πῦρ Sense: fire. |
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πόδες | feet |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: πούς Sense: a foot, both of men or beast. |
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ὅμοιοι | like |
Parse: Adjective, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: ὅμοιος Sense: like, similar, resembling. |
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χαλκολιβάνῳ | burnished bronze |
Parse: Noun, Dative Neuter Singular Root: χαλκολίβανον Sense: some metal like gold if not more precious. |
Greek Commentary for Revelation 2:18
Some forty miles south-east of Pergamum, a Lydian city on the edge of Mysia, under Rome since b.c. 190, a centre of trade, especially for the royal purple, home of Lydia of Philippi (Acts 16:14.), shown by inscriptions to be full of trade guilds, Apollo the chief deity with no emperor-worship, centre of activity by the Nicolaitans with their idolatry and licentiousness under a “prophetess” who defied the church there. Ramsay calls it “Weakness Made Strong” (op. cit., p. 316). [source]
Here Jesus is represented as calling himself by this title as in John 11:4 and as he affirms on oath in Matthew 26:63. “The Word of God” occurs in Revelation 19:13.His eyes like a flame of fire (τους οπταλμους αυτου ως πλογα πυρος tous ophthalmous autou hōs phloga puros). As in Revelation 1:14.His feet like burnished brass As in Revelation 1:15. [source]
As in Revelation 1:14. [source]
As in Revelation 1:15. [source]
Situated on the confines of Mysia and Ionia. According to Pliny it was known in earlier times as Pelopia and Euhippia. Its prosperity received a new impulse under the Roman Emperor Vespasian. The city contained a number of corporate guilds, as potters, tanners, weavers, robe-makers, and dyers. It was from Thyatira that Lydia the purple-seller of Philippi came, Paul's first European convert. The numerous streams of the adjacent country were full of leeches. The principal deity of the city was Apollo, worshipped as the Sun-God under the surname Tyrimnas. A shrine outside the walls was dedicated to Sambatha, a sibyl. The place was never of paramount political importance. [source]
Compare Son of man, Revelation 1:13; Psalm 2:7; Revelation 19:13. [source]
See on Revelation 1:14, Revelation 1:15. [source]
Omit and, and read, as Rev., and that thy last works are more than the first. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Revelation 2:18
Her birthplace was Thyatira in Lydia. She may have been named after the land, though Lydia is a common female name (see Horace). Lydia was itself a Macedonian colony (Strabo, XIII. 4). Thyatira (note plural form like Philippi and one of the seven churches of Asia here Revelation 2:18) was famous for its purple dyes as old as Homer (Iliad, IV. 141) and had a guild of dyers (οι βαπεις hoi bapheis) as inscriptions show. [source]
Rev., burnished brass. Only here and Revelation 2:18. Compare Ezekiel href="/desk/?q=eze+1:7&sr=1">Ezekiel 1:7. The meaning of the word is uncertain. Some explain electrum, an alloy of gold and silver: others, brass of Lebanon ( Αίβανος ) others, brass of the color of frankincense ( λίβανος ): others again, that it is an hybrid compound of the Greek χαλκός brass, and the Hebrew laban to make white. Dean Plumptre observes: “Such technical words were likely enough to be current in a population like that of Ephesus, consisting largely of workers in metal, some of whom were no doubt Jews” (“Epistles to the Seven Churches of Asia”). [source]
Just “as snow,” also in Daniel 7:9. In N.T. only here and Matthew 28:3.As a flame of fire (ως πλοχ πυρος hōs phlox puros). In Daniel 7:9 the throne of the Ancient of Days is πλοχ πυρος phlox puros while in Daniel 10:6 the eyes of the Ancient of Days are λαμπαδες πυρος lampades puros (lamps of fire). See also Revelation 2:18; Revelation 19:12 for this bold metaphor (like Hebrews 1:7). [source]
In Daniel 7:9 the throne of the Ancient of Days is πλοχ πυρος phlox puros while in Daniel 10:6 the eyes of the Ancient of Days are λαμπαδες πυρος lampades puros (lamps of fire). See also Revelation 2:18; Revelation 19:12 for this bold metaphor (like Hebrews 1:7). [source]
Associative-instrumental case after ομοιοι homoioi This word has so far been found nowhere else save here and Revelation 2:18. Suidas defines it as an ηλεχκτρον ēlecktron (amber) or a compound of copper and gold and silver (aurichalcum in the Latin Vulgate). It is in reality an unknown metal. [source]
As in the opening vision of Christ in Revelation 1:14 (Revelation 2:18). [source]
This demonstrative seven times here, once with the message to each church (Revelation 2:1, Revelation 2:8, Revelation 2:12, Revelation 2:18; Revelation 2:1, Revelation 2:7, Revelation 2:14), only once elsewhere in N.T. (Acts 21:11).He that holdeth (ο κρατων ho kratōn). Present active articular participle of κρατεω krateō a stronger word than εχων echōn in Revelation 1:16, to which it refers.He that walketh Present active articular participle of περιπατεω peripateō an allusion to Revelation 1:13. These two epithets are drawn from the picture of Christ in Revelation 1:13-18, and appropriately to conditions in Ephesus describe Christ‘s power over the churches as he moves among them. [source]
Associative-instrumental case, as is the rule with ομοιος homoios (Revelation 1:15; Revelation 2:18; Revelation 4:6.; Revelation 9:10, Revelation 9:19; Revelation 11:1; Revelation 13:2, Revelation 13:11), but with the accusative in Revelation 1:13; Revelation 14:14. So also ομοιοι χρυσωι homoioi chrusōi (like gold) in this same verse.Prepared for war (ητοιμασμενοις εις πολεμον hētoimasmenois eis polemon). Perfect passive participle of ετοιμαζω hetoimazō This imagery of war-horses is like that in Joel 2:4. “The likeness of a locust to a horse, especially to a horse equipped with armour, is so striking that the insect is named in German heupferd (hay horse), and in Italian cavalett a little horse” (Vincent).As it were crowns Not actual crowns, but what looked like crowns of gold, as conquerors, as indeed they were (Revelation 4:4; Revelation 6:2; Revelation 12:1; Revelation 14:14). These locusts of the abyss have another peculiar feature.As men‘s faces (ως προσωπα αντρωπων hōs prosōpa anthrōpōn). Human-looking faces in these demonic locusts to give added terror, “suggesting the intelligence and capacity of man” (Swete). Vincent actually sees “a distinct resemblance to the human countenance in the face of the locust.” [source]