Revelation 1:14
His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
KJV
ἡ δὲ κεφαλὴ αὐτοῦ καὶ αἱ τρίχες λευκαὶ ὡς ἔριον λευκόν, ὡς χιών, καὶ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ ὡς φλὸξ πυρός,
Greek NT
caput autem ejus, et capilli erant candidi tamquam lana alba, et tamquam nix, et oculi ejus tamquam flamma ignis :
Vulgate
And his head and his hair were white as white wool, white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
ASV
And his head and his hairs were white as white wool and as snow. And his eyes were as a flame of fire:
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
θρίξ
thrix
noun · 15×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κεφαλή
kephale
noun · 75×
λευκός
leukos
adjective · 25×
πῦρ
pur
noun · 71×
φλόξ
phlox
noun · 7×
χιών
chion
noun · 2×
ἔριον
erion
noun · 2×
ὀφθαλμός
ophthalmos
noun · 100×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×
Intertextual echoes
This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.
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Dan 7:9 · allusion"I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire."Daniel: Ancient of Days with white hair — Christ in Revelation
Theophany
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Dan 7:9 — I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wh
- Dan 7:9 — I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wh
- Dan 10:6 — His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words lik
- Ezek 1:27 — And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were th
- Ezek 8:2 — Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of ambe
- Matt 28:3 — His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:
- Matt 28:3 — His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:
- Rev 2:18 — 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;
- Rev 2:18 — 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;
- Rev 19:12 — His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
- Rev 19:12 — His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
- Song 5:11 — His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.