Revelation 13:10:8Rev.13.10.W8TAB
εἴ
ei
“if”
- Transliteration
- EI
- Extended
- EI
- IPA
- /ˈei/
Meaning by language
- English
- if
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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EI
- sentence
EI tis eis aikh-ma-lô-SI-an eis aikh-ma-lô-SI-an hy-PA-gei EI tis en ma-KHAI-rê a-pok-tan-THÊ-nai au-TON en ma-KHAI-rê a-pok-tan-THÊ-nai hô-DE es-TIN hê hy-po-mo-NÊ KAI hê PI-stis tôn ha-GI-ōn
Exegesis
The verse opens with the conditional formula ei tis {εἴ τις | eí tis} ‘if anyone’, immediately followed by the prepositional phrase eis aichmalōsían {εἰς αἰχμαλωσίαν | eîs aich-ma-lō-sí-an} ‘into captivity’, repeated for rhetorical emphasis.
A second parallel conditional ei tis {εἴ τις | eí tis} introduces en machairē apoktanthēnai {ἐν μαχαίρῃ ἀποκτανθῆναι | en ma-kha-í-rē a-po-ktan-thê-nai} ‘to be killed with the sword’, where the aorist passive infinitive conveys external agency.
Root and etymology
semasigma–eta–mu–alpha
“mark, sign”
In context — Revelation 13:10
If anyone is to go into captivity , into captivity he goes; if anyone is to be killed with the sword, with the sword he must be killed. Here is the endurance and the faith of the saints.
About this coordinate
Revelation 13:10:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Revelation 13:10, so the Greek word εἴ (ei) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Rev.13.10.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.13.10.W8.S1) and character.