Revelation 13:15:5Rev.13.15.W5TAB
πνεῦμα
pneuma
“breath”
- Transliteration
- PNEU-ma
- Extended
- PNEU-mah
- IPA
- /ˈpneu.ma/
Meaning by language
- English
- breath
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
PNEU-ma
- sentence
kai e-DO-thê au-TÔ DOU-nai PNEU-ma tê ei-KO-ni tou thê-RI-ou HI-na kai la-LÊ-sê hê ei-KÔN tou thê-RI-ou kai poi-Ê-sê HI-na HO-soi e-AN mê pro-sky-NÊ-sō-sin tê ei-KO-ni tou thê-RI-ou a-pok-tan-THÔ-sin
Exegesis
The infinitive dounai {δοῦναι | doûnai} ‘to give’ governs the object pneuma {πνεῦμα | pneû-ma} ‘breath’ and the dative phrase tē eikoni tou thēriou {τῇ εἰκόνι τοῦ θηρίου | tē̂ eikóni tou thē-rí-ou} ‘to the image of the beast’, describing the animation of the cult image.
Root and etymology
pneōpi–nu–epsilon–omega
“to blow, breathe”
In context — Revelation 13:15
And it was given to it to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might even speak, and it might cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed .","
About this coordinate
Revelation 13:15:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Revelation 13:15, so the Greek word πνεῦμα (pneuma) 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.13.15.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.13.15.W5.S1) and character.