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NASB					Rev 4:7 ^AThe first⁴⁴¹³ creature²²²⁶ was like³⁶⁶⁴ a lion³⁰²³, and the second¹²⁰⁸ creature²²²⁶ like³⁶⁶⁴ a calf³⁴⁴⁸, and the third⁵¹⁵⁴ creature²²²⁶ had²¹⁹² a face⁴³⁸³ like⁵⁶¹³ that of a man⁴⁴⁴, and the fourth^5067a creature²²²⁶ was like³⁶⁶⁴ a flying⁴⁰⁷² eagle¹⁰⁵.
AMPLIFIED 2015					Rev 4:7 ¹The first living creature was like a lion, the second creature like a calf (ox), the third creature had the face of a man, and the fourth creature was like a flying eagle. [Ezek 1:10]

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Jewish tradition suggests that during the exodus the four standards of the tribal triads depicted these images: the triad led by Judah, the lion; the triad led by Reuben, the man; the triad led by Ephraim, the ox; the triad led by Dan, the eagle.

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Ezek 1:10 As for the form of their faces, each had the face of a man; all four had the face of a lion on the right and the face of a bull on the left, and all four had the face of an eagle.

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Greek Heb.

105

aetos; a prim. word; an eagle:--eagle(3), vultures(2).

444

anthrôpos; prob. from 435 and ôps (eye, face); a man, human, mankind:--any(1), anyone(1), child(1), enemy*(1), everyone*(1), fellow(1), friend(1), human(5), human judgment(1), human relations(1), king*(1), Man(89), man(232), man's(8), mankind(5), men(164), men's(2), nobleman*(1), one*(3), others(4), people(13), people*(1), person(2), persons(1), self(4).

1208

deuteros; cptv. adj., perh. from 1417; second:--second(30), second one(2), second time(10), subsequently(1), twice(1).

2192

echô; a prim. vb.; to have, hold:--ability(1), able(1), accompany(1), acknowledge*(1), am(2), become(1), been(3), being(1), being under(1), bringing(1), conceived*(1), consider(2), considered(2), could(2), derive(1), deriving(1), devoid*(1), enjoyed(1), experiencing(1), felt(1), following(1), get(2), gripped(1), had(80), has(134), have(283), have had(2), having(50), held(1), hold(5), holding(7), holds(2), ill*(5), incurring(1), involves(1), keep(3), keeping(3), kept(1), maintain(1), maintained(1), maintaining(1), meets(1), nearby(1), next(2), obliged*(1), obtain(2), obtained(1), owned(3), possess(2), possessed(4), possesses(1), receive(1), received(1), recover*(1), regard(2), regarded(1), reigns*(1), remember*(1), retain(1), seize(1), show(1), think*(1), unable*(1), under(1), under*(1), use(1), without*(3).

2226

zôon; from zôos (alive); a living creature:--animals(3), creature(4), living creature(3), living creatures(13).

3023

leôn; a prim. word; a lion:--lion(5), lion's(1), lions(3).

3448

moschos; a prim. word; a young shoot, a calf:--calf(4), calves(2).

3664

homoios; from the same as 3674; like, resembling, the same as:--like(43), one like(2), same(1).

4072

petomai; a prim. vb.; to fly:--fly(2), flying(3).

4383

prosôpon; from 4314 and ôps (an eye, face); the face:--ahead*(2), appearance(5), before*(2), coming*(1), face(37), faces(5), openly(1), outwardly*(1), partial*(3), partiality(1), people(1), person(1), persons(1), presence(11), sight(1).

4413

prôtos; contr. superl. of 4253; first, chief:--before(3), best(1), first(128), first of all(2), first importance(1), first man(1), first one(1), first things(1), first time(1), foremost(5), leading(2), leading man(1), leading men(5), outer(3), previous(1).

5067a

tetartos; ord. num. from 5064; fourth:--four(1), fourth(9).

5154

tritos; ord. num. from 5140; third:--third(47), third one(1), third time(8).
triches; see 2359.

5613

hôs; adv. from 3739; as, like as, even as, when, since, as long as:--about(20), according(2), affected(1), after(2), appear*(1), appeared(1), effect(1), how(20), however*(1), if(10), just(6), just like(1), like(106), like*(1), namely(1), one(2), same way(1), seeing(1), since(2), size(1), so(3), so*(1), though(15), way(1), when(53), whenever*(1), where(1), while(10).

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