Revelation 13:5:8Rev.13.5.W8TAB
βλασφημίας
blasphêmias
“blasphemies”
- Transliteration
- blas-phê-MI-as
- Extended
- blahs-phê-MEE-ahs
- IPA
- /blas.pʰɛːˈmi.as/
Meaning by language
- English
- blasphemies
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
blas-phê-MI-as
- sentence
KAI e-DO-thê au-TOI STO-ma la-LOUN me-GA-la KAI blas-phê-MI-as KAI e-DO-thê au-TOI ek-sou-SI-a poi-Ê-sai MÊ-nas tes-se-RA-kon-ta DY-o
Exegesis
The noun stoma {στόμα | stó-ma} serves as the subject of the participle laloûn {λαλοῦν | la-ló-oun} ‘speaking,’ which takes megála {μεγάλα | megála} and blasphemías {βλασφημίας | blasphemías} as its objects, portraying ongoing, characterizing speech.
Root and etymology
Rootbeta–lambda–alpha–sigma–phi–eta–mu–epsilon–omega
“to speak abusively against, revile”
In context — Revelation 13:5
And a mouth was given to him, speaking great things and blasphemies ; and authority was given to him to continue for forty-two months.
About this coordinate
Revelation 13:5:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Revelation 13:5, so the Greek word βλασφημίας (blasphêmias) 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.13.5.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.13.5.W8.S1) and character.