Revelation 13:8:26Rev.13.8.W26TAB
καταβολῆς
katabolês
“foundation”
- Transliteration
- ka-ta-bo-LÊS
- Extended
- kah-tah-boh-LAYS
- IPA
- /ka.ta.boˈlɛːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- foundation
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Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
ka-ta-bo-LÊS
- sentence
KAI pro-sky-NÊ-sou-sin au-TON PAN-tes hoi ka-toi-KOUN-tes e-PI tÊS GÊS hou ou GE-gra-ptai to O-no-ma au-TOU en tÔ bi-BLI-ō tÊS zō-ÊS tou ar-NI-ou tou es-pha-GME-nou a-PO ka-ta-bo-LÊS KOS-mou
Exegesis
The final prepositional phrase apo katabolēs kosmou {ἀπὸ καταβολῆς κόσμου | a-pò ka-ta-bo-lês kó-smou} is most naturally taken with esphagmenou due to proximity and the shared genitive structure, yielding “slain from the foundation of the world,” a temporal phrase that situates the Lamb’s redemptive work within God’s eternal plan. In translation, the substantival participle construction is rendered as “all who dwell / everyone living,” and the genitive chains are preserved with “book of life of the Lamb” and “from the foundation of the world,” maintaining the theological focus on the Lamb’s sacrificial identity and the eternality of the divine purpose.
In context — Revelation 13:8
And all who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written in the book of life of the Lamb who has been slain from the foundation of the world .
About this coordinate
Revelation 13:8:26 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 26 of Revelation 13:8, so the Greek word καταβολῆς (katabolês) 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.13.8.W26, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.13.8.W26.S1) and character.