Revelation 9:17
17AndκαὶthusοὕτωςI sawεἶδονtheτοὺςhorsesἵππουςinἐνtheτῇvisionὁράσειandκαὶthoseτοὺςsittingκαθημένουςonἐπ’themαὐτῶν,havingἔχονταςbreastplatesθώρακαςfieryπυρίνουςandκαὶhyacinthineὑακινθίνουςandκαὶbrimstoneθειώδεις·Andκαὶtheαἱheadsκεφαλαὶof theτῶνhorses [were]ἵππωνlikeὡςheadsκεφαλαὶof lionsλεόντων,andκαὶout ofἐκtheτῶνmouthsστομάτωνof themαὐτῶνproceedἐκπορεύεταιfireπῦρandκαὶsmokeκαπνὸςandκαὶbrimstoneθεῖον.
And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and those sitting on them, having fiery and hyacinthine and sulfurous breastplates. And the heads of the horses [were] like heads of lions, and out of their mouths proceed fire and smoke and sulfur.
Vocab difficulty
Rare words
ὁράσει
ὅρασις
a sight, vision, appearance.
πυρίνους
πύρινος
fiery, glittering.
ὑακινθίνους
ὑακίνθινος
dark purple or blue, of the color of hyacinth.
θειώδεις
θειώδης
of brimstone, sulfurous.