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And another horse went forth, bright red; and to the one sitting on it, to him was granted to take the peace from the earth, and that they will slay one another; and a great sword was given to him.

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Greek: Transliteration:
another Other, another (of more than two), different. Adj-NMS H243 ἄλλος allos
bright red; Red, fire-colored. Adj-NMS H4450 πυρρός purros
horse A horse. N-NMS H2462 ἵππος ippos
went forth, To go out, come out. V-AIA-3S H1831 ἐξῆλθεν exēlthen
sitting To sit, to be seated, enthroned; to dwell, reside. V-PPM/P-DMS H2521 καθημένῳ kathēmenō
was granted To offer, give; to put, place. V-AIP-3S H1325 ἐδόθη edothē
to take (a) to receive, get, (b) to take, lay hold of. V-ANA H2983 λαβεῖν labein
peace Peace, peace of mind; invocation of peace a common Jewish farewell, in the Hebraistic sense of the health (welfare) of an individual. N-AFS H1515 εἰρήνην eirēnēn
earth, The earth, soil, land, region, country, inhabitants of a region. N-GFS H1093 γῆς gēs
they will slay To slay, kill by violence, slaughter, wound mortally. V-FIA-3P H4969 σφάξουσιν sphaxousin
one another; One another, each other. RecPro-AMP H240 ἀλλήλους allēlous
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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a great Large, great, in the widest sense. Adj-NFS H3173 μεγάλη megalē
sword A sword. N-NFS H3162 μάχαιρα machaira
was given To offer, give; to put, place. V-AIP-3S H1325 ἐδόθη edothē

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Berean Bible And another horse went forth, bright red; and to the one sitting on it, to him was granted to take the peace from the earth, and that they will slay one another; and a great sword was given to him.
King James Bible And there went out another horse went forth, bright red; that was red: and to the one sitting on it, power was given to him was granted that sat thereon to take the peace from the earth, and that they will slay should kill one another; another: and a great sword there was given to him.unto him a great sword.
Hebrew Greek English And another horse another, a red horse, went forth, bright red; out; and to the one sitting him who sat on it, to him it was granted to take the peace from the earth, and that they will men would slay one another; and a great sword was given to him.
New American Standard Bible 1995 And another horse another, a red horse, went forth, bright red; out; and to the one sitting him who sat on it, to him it was granted to take the peace from the earth, and that they will men would slay one another; and a great sword was given to him.