Revelation 14:1:17Rev.14.1.W17TAB
τέσσαρες
tessares
“four”
- Transliteration
- TES-sa-res
- Extended
- TEHS-sah-rehs
- IPA
- /ˈtes.sa.res/
Meaning by language
- English
- four
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
TES-sa-res
- sentence
KAI EI-don KAI i-DOU to ar-NI-on hes-TOS e-PI to O-ros si-ON KAI met au-TOU he-ka-TON tes-se-RA-kon-ta TES-sa-res khi-li-A-des E-khou-sai to O-no-ma au-TOU KAI to O-no-ma tou pa-TROS au-TOU ge-gram-ME-non e-PI tôn me-TO-pōn au-TÔN
Exegesis
The coordination kai metʼ autou {καὶ μετʼ αὐτοῦ | kaí metʼ autoû} ‘and with Him’ links the group designated by the numeral series hekaton tessarakonta tessares chilades {ἑκατὸν τεσσεράκοντα τέσσαρες χιλιάδες | he-ka-tòn tes-se-rá-kon-ta tés-sa-res khi-lí-a-des}, a cumulative construct yielding 144,000.
In context — Revelation 14:1
And I looked, and there in view was the Lamb standing on Mount Zion; with Him were one hundred forty-four thousand whose foreheads bore His name and His Father’s name.
About this coordinate
Revelation 14:1:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Revelation 14:1, so the Greek word τέσσαρες (tessares) 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.14.1.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.14.1.W17.S1) and character.