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Revelation 5:2–3
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Revelation 5:2
2And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
2And I saw a strong Angel proclaiming with a loude voice; Who is worthy to open the booke, and to loose the seales thereof?
Revelation 5:3
3And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.
3And no man in heauen, nor in earth, neither vnder the earth, was able to open the booke, neither to looke thereon.
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DEFINED WORDS
Revelation 5:2
Having strength, power, firmness, endurance, influence, or the ability to resist and prevail.
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A messenger; especially a heavenly messenger sent by God.
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proclaiming
Publishing officially; denouncing; promulgating; making publicly known.
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Deserving, fit, suitable, or having worth; as a noun, a person of merit, rank, or valor.
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Unclosed, uncovered, or manifest; as a verb, to uncover, reveal, or explain.
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To untie, release, set free, or let go; not bound or fastened.
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Marks or devices used to authenticate or secure; or, as a verb, closes or authenticates, according to context.
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Revelation 5:3
A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The expanse above the earth, including the sky or firmament; also the dwelling or throne of God, according to context.
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The ground or dry land; the world or inhabited realm; or a country and its people, according to context.
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Having physical power sufficient; having competent power or strength, bodily or mental.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Unclosed, uncovered, or manifest; as a verb, to uncover, reveal, or explain.
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To direct the eyes or attention; to behold, observe, expect, or take heed.
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From verse 2
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Open the full verse study11And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:
12And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.
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Open the full verse study5And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
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Open the full verse study1AND I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:
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Open the full verse study22Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.
23Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
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Open the full verse study20Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
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Open the full verse study21And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
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Open the full verse study13And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
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Open the full verse study13Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counseller hath taught him?
14With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?
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Open the full verse study34For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counseller?
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Open the full verse study28For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counseller, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.
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