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Koine Greek wordlink #159782

SR GNT Rev 9:17 θειώδεις (theiōdeis) ‘and hyacinthine and sulfurous and the heads’ Strongs=23060 Lemma=theiōdēs^*
Word role=adjective case=accusative gender=masculine number=plural
Year=96 AD

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Only use of identical word form θειώδεις (A-AMP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘θειώδεις’ (A-AMP) is always and only glossed as ‘sulfurous’.

Rev 9:17 ‘and hyacinthine and sulfurous and the heads’ SR GNT Rev 9:17 word 22

OET-LV: 17 And thus I _saw the horses in my vision, and the ones sitting on them: having breastplates fiery, and hyacinthine, and sulfurous, and the heads of _the horses like the_heads of _lions, and out _of the mouths of _them is _going _out fire, and smoke, and sulfur. (REV_9:17)

OET-RV: 17 and this is what the horses and their riders looked like in my vision: the soldiers wore chestplates that were red like fire, blue like sapphire, and yellow like sulfur. The heads of the horses were like lions’ heads, and fire, smoke, and fumes of burning sulfur came out of their mouths. (REV 9:17)

^*Note: This is also the only occurrence of the word root (lemma) ‘theiōdēs’ in the Greek originals.

Key: A=adjective AMP=accusative,masculine,plural