{Burnished brass} (chalkoliban(9369)).
Associative-instrumental case after homoioi. This word has so
far been found nowhere else save here and 2:18 . Suidas defines
it as an (886c)ecktron (amber) or a compound of copper and gold and
silver (_aurichalcum_ in the Latin Vulgate). It is in reality an
unknown metal. {As if it had been refined} (h(9373) pepuromen(8873)).
Perfect passive participle of puro(935c), old verb, to set on fire,
to glow, as in Eph 6:16 Re 3:18 . The feminine gender shows
that h(8820)chalkolibanos is referred to with (8873) chalkolibanou
understood, for it does not agree in case with the
associative-instrumental chalkoliban(9369) just before. Some would
call it a slip for pepuromen(9369) as Aleph, and some cursives have
it (taking chalkoliban(9369) to be neuter, not feminine). But P Q
read pepur(936d)enoi (masculine plural), a correction, making it
agree in number and gender with podes (feet). {In a furnace}
(en kamin(9369)). Old word, in N.T. also 9:2 Mt 13:42,50 . {As
the voice of many waters} (h(9373) ph(936e)(8820)hudat(936e) poll(936e)). So the
voice of God in the Hebrew (not the LXX) of Eze 43:2 . Repeated
in 14:2 19:6 .
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