Colossians 1:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὅς ἐστιν εἰκὼν τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ ἀοράτου, πρωτότοκος πάσης κτίσεως:

Transliteration

Who estin eikōn of the Theou of the aoratou, prōtotokos of all ktiseōs:

Grammar Details

• *estin*: present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - is
• *eikōn*: nominative, feminine, singular - image
• *Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of God, possessive
• *aoratou*: genitive, masculine, singular - invisible, attribute
• *prōtotokos*: nominative, masculine, singular - firstborn
• *ktiseōs*: genitive, feminine, singular - creation, reference

Word Meanings

• *eikōn*: image/likeness/representation
• *aoratou*: invisible/unseen
• *prōtotokos*: firstborn/preeminent one/first in rank
• *ktiseōs*: creation/created thing

Referenced Verses

• Heb 1:3 : 3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
• John 14:9 : 9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
• 2 Cor 4:4 : 4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
• John 1:14 : 14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us,(and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
• John 1:18 : 18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
• John 1:1 : 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
• Rev 3:14 : 14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
• Rom 8:29 : 29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
• 1 Tim 1:17 : 17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
• 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
• Phil 2:6 : 6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
• Ezek 1:26-28 : 26 And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it. 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 the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about. 28 As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.
• Ps 89:27 : 27 Also I will make{H8799)} him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
• Prov 8:29-31 : 29 When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth: 30 Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; 31 Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.
• Col 1:13 : 13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
• Col 1:16-17 : 16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: 17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
• 1 Tim 6:16 : 16 Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.
• Heb 1:6 : 6 And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.
• Heb 11:27 : 27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
• Exod 24:10 : 10 And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.
• John 3:16 : 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
• John 15:24 : 24 If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.