Revelation 13:4:2Rev.13.4.W2TAB
προσεκύνησαν
prosekyneesan
“they worshiped”
- Transliteration
- pro-se-KY-nee-san
- Extended
- proh-seh-KY-nee-sahn
- IPA
- /pro.seˈky.nɛː.san/
Meaning by language
- English
- they worshiped
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
pro-se-KY-nee-san
- 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 verse opens with the coordinating conjunction kai {καί | kaí}, linking this description to the preceding narrative and introducing the main finite verb prosekynesan {προσεκύνησαν | prosekýnēsan}, which appears twice to create a parallel structure.
The first clause, kai prosekynesan tō drakonti {καὶ προσεκύνησαν τῷ δράκοντι | kai prosekýnēsan tôi drákonti}, presents the dragon as the initial object of worship using a dative of indirect object with the verb of homage.
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.
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 13:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Revelation 13:4, so the Greek word προσεκύνησαν (prosekyneesan) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.13.4.W2.S1) and character.