King James Version
Revelation 19:16 in the King James Version says “And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.” — study this verse from Revelation chapter 19 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”
Revelation 19:16 · KJV
And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;
That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“AND”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“he hath”
G2192to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or conditio
“on”
G1909properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of re
“AND”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“on”
G1909properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of re
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“AND”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“LORD”
G2962supreme in authority, i.e., (as noun) controller; by implication, master (as a respectful title)
“LORD”
G2962supreme in authority, i.e., (as noun) controller; by implication, master (as a respectful title)
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