Revelation 1:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and his feet like unto burnished brass, as if it had been refined in a furnace; and his voice as the voice of many waters.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ οἱ πόδες αὐτοῦ ὅμοιοι χαλκολιβάνῳ, ὡς ἐν καμίνῳ πεπυρωμένοι· καὶ ἡ φωνὴ αὐτοῦ ὡς φωνὴ ὑδάτων πολλῶν.

Transliteration

And the podes of him like chalkolibanō, as in kaminō having been pepyrōmenoi; and the phōnē of him as phōnē of hydatōn pollōn.

Grammar Details

*podes*: nominative, masculine, plural - feet
*chalkolibanō*: dative, masculine, singular - fine bronze/burnished brass
*kaminō*: dative, feminine, singular - furnace
*pepyrōmenoi*: perfect passive participle, nominative, masculine, plural - having been burned/refined by fire
*phōnē*: nominative, feminine, singular - voice/sound
*hydatōn*: genitive, neuter, plural - of waters
*pollōn*: genitive, neuter, plural - many

Word Meanings

*chalkolibanō*: fine bronze/burnished brass/refined copper (rare term, exact meaning uncertain)
*pepyrōmenoi*: having been refined by fire/having been made fiery
*phōnē hydatōn pollōn*: sound of many waters/voice like rushing waters

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Referenced Verses

Ezek 43:2 : 2 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth shined with his glory.
Rev 14:2 : 2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and the voice which I heard [was] as [the voice] of harpers harping with their harps:
Dan 10:6 : 6 his body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as flaming torches, and his arms and his feet like unto burnished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.
Rev 2:18 : 18 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:
Rev 19:6 : 6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunders, saying, Hallelujah: for the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigneth.
Ps 93:4 : 4 Above the voices of many waters, The mighty breakers of the sea, Jehovah on high is mighty.
Ezek 1:7 : 7 And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot; and they sparkled like burnished brass.
Ezek 40:3 : 3 And he brought me thither; and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.
Isa 17:13 : 13 The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but he shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like the whirling dust before the storm.

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