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Greek Lessons
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- The Accusation in Quotation: Pauline Perception and Koine Rhetoric
- Healing and Heralding: The Grammar of Kingdom Nearness
- The Word Near You: Syntax, Faith, and the Internalization of Truth in Romans 10:8
- Synonyms: Image and Likeness: εἰκών, ὁμοίωσις, and ὁμοίωμα in the Greek New Testament
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Revelation 4:4 and the Symbolic Grammar of Glory
Καὶ κυκλόθεν τοῦ θρόνου θρόνοι εἴκοσι τέσσαρες, καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς θρόνους τοὺς εἴκοσι τέσσαρας πρεσβυτέρους καθημένους, περιβεβλημένους ἐν ἱματίοις λευκοῖς, καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς κεφαλὰς αὐτῶν στεφάνους χρυσοῦς. (Revelation 4:4)
And around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and upon the thrones twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white garments, and on their heads golden crowns.
Heavenly Arrangement and Regal Imagery καὶ κυκλόθεν τοῦ θρόνου θρόνοι εἴκοσι τέσσαρες The preposition κυκλόθεν (“around, encircling”) indicates spatial layout, forming a sacred perimeter around the central θρόνος (“throne”). The repetition of θρόνος elevates the setting’s formality and order. In Classical Greek, θρόνος typically refers to a literal seat or a high-backed chair of honor.… Learn Koine Greek
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