Revelation 13:11:18Rev.13.11.W18TAB
δράκων
drakōn
“a dragon”
- Transliteration
- DRA-kōn
- Extended
- DRAH-kôn
- IPA
- /ˈdra.kɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- a dragon
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Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
DRA-kōn
- sentence
KAI EI-don AL-lo thê-REE-on a-na-BAI-non ek tês gês KAI EI-khen KE-ra-ta DY-o HO-moi-a ar-NEE-ō KAI e-LA-lei hōs DRA-kōn
Exegesis
A third coordinated clause uses the imperfect elalei {ἐλάλει | e-lá-lei} ‘it was speaking’, again descriptive, modified by hos drakon {ὡς δράκων | hōs drá-kōn} ‘as a dragon’, where hos introduces a simile that contrasts inner nature (speech) with outward lamb-like appearance. The sequence of coordinated clauses and participial modification builds a rhetorical contrast: one beast, one origin, but a duality of appearance and voice. In translation, the participle is rendered with a finite “coming up” or “rising” to maintain clarity in English, and the repeated kai is preserved as “and/then” to reflect the paratactic, unfolding style of the vision report.
Root and etymology
drakdelta–rho–alpha–kappa
“dragon, great serpent”
In context — Revelation 13:11
And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and it had two horns like a lamb, and it was speaking like a dragon .
About this coordinate
Revelation 13:11:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Revelation 13:11, so the Greek word δράκων (drakōn) 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.13.11.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.13.11.W18.S1) and character.