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Revelation 17:4 KJV
Revelation · chapter 17 · verse 4 · King James Version
And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:Revelation 17:4 · King James Version
Revelation 17:4 in context
2With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
3So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
4And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
5And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
6And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
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Key words (Strong's)
- precioustimiosas of great price, precious, held in honour, esteemed, especially dearG5093 →
- arrayedperiballōto throw around, to put around, to surround a city with a bank , of garments, to clothe…G4016 →
- purpleporphyrathe purple fish, a species of shell fish or mussel, a fabric coloured with purple dye, a…G4209 →
- colourkokkinoscrimson, scarlet coloured. A kernel, the grain or berry of the " ilex coccifera"…G2847 →
- deckedchrysoōto adorn with gold, to gild, of a woman ornamented with gold so profusely that she seems…G5558 →
- stoneslithosa stone, of small stones, of building stones, metaph. of ChristG3037 →
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