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Revelation 9:8

And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.

KJV

καὶ εἶχαν τρίχας ὡς τρίχας γυναικῶν, καὶ οἱ ὀδόντες αὐτῶν ὡς λεόντων ἦσαν,

Greek NT

Et habebant capillos sicut capillos mulierum. Et dentes earum, sicut dentes leonum erant :

Vulgate

And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.

ASV

And they had hair as the hair of women: and their teeth were as lions.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γυνή
gune
noun · 219×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
θρίξ
thrix
noun · 15×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέων
leon
noun · 9×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ὀδούς
odous
noun · 12×
o
article · 19778×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Joel 1:6 — For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.
  • Prov 30:14 — There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.