Revelation 13:4:10Rev.13.4.W10TAB
θηρίῳ
thêreeôi
“beast”
- Transliteration
- thê-REE-ôi
- Extended
- thay-REE-oh-ee
- IPA
- /tʰɛːˈri.ɔːi/
Meaning by language
- English
- beast
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron |
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Word in context
- word
thê-REE-ôi
- sentence
KAI pro-se-KY-nee-san tôi DRA-kon-ti HO-ti E-do-ken tên ek-sou-SEE-an tôi thê-REE-ôi KAI pro-se-KY-nee-san tôi thê-REE-ôi LE-gon-tes TIS HO-moi-os tôi thê-REE-ôi KAI TIS DY-na-tai po-le-MÊ-sai met au-TOU
Exegesis
The causal clause hoti edōken tēn exousian tō thēriō {ὅτι ἔδωκεν τὴν ἐξουσίαν τῷ θηρίῳ | hóti édōken tēn exousían tôi thēríō} explains the reason for this worship: the dragon granted “the authority” to the beast, with the article pointing to a specific, previously introduced authority and the dative marking the recipient.
A second coordinated clause, kai prosekynesan tō thēriō {καὶ προσεκύνησαν τῷ θηρίῳ | kai prosekýnēsan tôi thēríō}, shifts the focus of veneration directly to the beast, maintaining the parallelism between dragon and beast.
The rhetorical question Τίς ὅμοιος τῷ θηρίῳ {Τίς ὅμοιος τῷ θηρίῳ | Tís hómoios tôi thēríō} echoes biblical hymnic formulas of incomparable greatness, here ironically applied to the beast.
In context — Revelation 13:4
And they worshiped the dragon , because he gave the authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who is able to wage war with him?”
About this coordinate
Revelation 13:4:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Revelation 13:4, so the Greek word θηρίῳ (thêreeôi) 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.13.4.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.13.4.W10.S1) and character.