Revelation 13:14:33Rev.13.14.W33TAB
μαχαίρης
makhairēs
“sword”
- Transliteration
- ma-KHAI-rēs
- Extended
- mah-KHAI-rays
- IPA
- /maˈkʰai.rɛːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- sword
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
ma-KHAI-rēs
- sentence
KAI pla-NAI tous ka-toi-KOUN-tas e-PI tês GÊS di-A ta sê-MEI-a HA e-DO-thê au-TOI poi-Ê-sai e-NÔ-pi-on tou thê-RI-ou LE-gōn tois ka-toi-KOU-sin e-PI tês GÊS poi-Ê-sai ei-KO-na tōi thê-RI-ōi hos E-khei tēn plē-GÊN tês ma-KHAI-rēs KAI E-dzē-sen
Exegesis
The infinitive poiesai {ποιῆσαι | poiêsai} ‘to make’ serves as the object of the command, modified by the noun eikōna {εἰκόνα | eikóna} ‘image,’ and the relative clause hos echei tēn plēgēn tēs machairēs kai ezēsen {ὃς ἔχει τὴν πληγὴν τῆς μαχαίρης καὶ ἔζησεν | hos échei tēn plēgḕn tês makh-aírēs kaí ézēsen} ‘who has the wound of the sword and lived’ characterizes the beast by connecting its present state with a past event. Aorist and passive constructions are rendered to preserve their nuance of permission and completed action on the part of the beast.
In context — Revelation 13:14
And it deceives those who dwell on the earth through the signs which it was given to perform before the beast , saying to those who dwell on the earth that they should make an image for the beast who has the wound of the sword and lived.
About this coordinate
Revelation 13:14:33 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 33 of Revelation 13:14, so the Greek word μαχαίρης (makhairēs) 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.13.14.W33, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.13.14.W33.S1) and character.