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Revelation 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.

KJV

οἱ δὲ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ φλὸξ πυρός, καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ διαδήματα πολλά, ἔχων ὄνομα γεγραμμένον ὃ οὐδεὶς οἶδεν εἰ μὴ αὐτός,

Greek NT

Oculi autem ejus sicut flamma ignis, et in capite ejus diademata multa, habens nomen scriptum, quod nemo novit nisi ipse.

Vulgate

And his eyes are a flame of fire, and upon his head are many diadems; and he hath a name written which no one knoweth but he himself.

ASV

And his eyes were as a flame of fire: and on his head were many diadems. And he had a name written, which no man knoweth but himself.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

19 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γράφω
grapho
verb · 192×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διάδημα
diadema
noun · 3×
εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
εἴδω
eido
verb · 317×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κεφαλή
kephale
noun · 75×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
οὐδείς
oudeis
adjective · 235×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
πῦρ
pur
noun · 71×
φλόξ
phlox
noun · 7×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ὀφθαλμός
ophthalmos
noun · 100×
o
article · 19778×
ὄνομα
onoma
noun · 228×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: αὐτοῦ | WH/Treg/RP: αὐτοῦ | NIV: + ὡς
  • αὐτοῦSBLGNT
  • αὐτοῦWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
  • + ὡςReader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: ἔχων | WH/Treg/NIV: ἔχων | RP: + ὀνόματα γεγραμμένα καὶ
  • ἔχωνSBLGNT
  • ἔχωνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + ὀνόματα γεγραμμένα καὶRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Themes

Theophany

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 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
  • Eph 1:21 — Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
  • Exod 23:21 — Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.
  • Gen 32:29 — And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
  • Heb 2:9 — But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
  • Heb 2:9 — But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
  • Isa 9:6 — For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prin
  • Judg 13:18 — And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret?
  • Luke 10:22 — All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.
  • Matt 11:27 — All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
  • Matt 17:2 — And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
  • Matt 28:18 — And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
  • Prov 30:4 — Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and w
  • Ps 8:5 — For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
  • Ps 21:3 — For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
  • Rev 1:14 — His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
  • Rev 1:14 — His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
  • Rev 2:17 — He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name w
  • Rev 2:17 — He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name w
  • Rev 3:12 — Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem,
  • Rev 12:3 — And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
  • Rev 12:3 — And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
  • Rev 19:16 — And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
  • Rev 19:16 — And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
  • Zech 6:11 — Then take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them upon the head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest;
  • Zech 9:16 — And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land.