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Revelation 12:1 KJV
Revelation · chapter 12 · verse 1
And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:Revelation 12:1 · King James Version
Revelation 12:1 in context
1And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
2And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
3And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
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Key words (Strong's)
- appearedoptanomaito look at, behold, to allow one's self to be seen, to appearG3700 →
- clothedperiballōto throw around, to put around, to surround a city with a bank , of garments, to clothe…G4016 →
- wondersēmeiona sign, mark, token, that by which a person or a thing is distinguished from others and…G4592 →
- heavenouranosthe vaulted expanse of the sky with all things visible in it, the universe, the world…G3772 →
- greatmegasgreat, of the external form or sensible appearance of things , in particular, of space…G3173 →
- womangynēa woman of any age, whether a virgin, or married, or a widow, a wife, of a betrothed womanG1135 →
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Here we see that early prophecy eminently fulfilled in which God said he would put enmity between the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent, Gen 3:15. You will observe, I. The attempts of Satan and his agents to prevent the increase of the church, by devouring her offspring as soon as it was born;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-11