Revelation 4:3
KJV:
And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and [there was] a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
BSB:
The One seated there looked like jasper and carnelian, and a rainbow that gleamed like an emerald encircled the throne.
Greek:
καὶ καθήμενος ἦν ὅμοιος ὁράσει λίθῳ ἰάσπιδι καὶ σαρδίῳ καὶ ἶρις κυκλόθεν τοῦ θρόνου ὅμοιος ὁράσει σμαραγδίνῳ.
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Scripture Quoting Scripture

Revelation 4:3 is...
possibly alluding to: Ezek 1:26, 28

Translation Greek Transliteration [morphology] Texts
and καὶ kai CONJ NKO
the [One] ho T-NSM NKO
sitting καθήμενος kathēmenos V-PNP-NSM NKO
was ἦν ēn V-IAI-3S k
like ὅμοιος homoios A-NSM NKO
in appearance ὁράσει horasei N-DSF NKO
stone λίθῳ lithō N-DSM NKO
jasper ἰάσπιδι iaspidi N-DSF NKO
and καὶ kai CONJ NKO
sardius σαρδίῳ 1 sardiō N-DSN NKO
And καὶ kai CONJ NKO
a rainbow ἶρις iris N-NSF NKO
[was] around κυκλόθεν kuklothen PREP NKO
the τοῦ tou T-GSM NKO
throne θρόνου thronou N-GSM NKO
like 2 ὅμοιος homoios A-NSM NK(o)
in appearance 3 ὁράσει horasei N-DSF NK(o)
an emerald. 4 σμαραγδίνῳ. smaragdinō A-DSM N(k)O

Word Types and Editions

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  1. TR spelled: σαρδίνῳ 

  2. likewise | ὁμοίως | homoiōs ADV | Byz»1 

  3. in appearance | ὅρασις | horasis N-NSF | Byz 

  4. emeralds | σμαραγδίνων | smaragdinōn A-GPM | TR+Byz