Revelation 14:15:16Rev.14.15.W16TAB
νεφέλης
nephelês
“cloud”
- Transliteration
- ne-PHE-lês
- Extended
- neh-pʰeh-LAYS
- IPA
- /neˈpʰe.lɛːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- cloud
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Alphabet Analysis
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (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
ne-PHE-lês
- sentence
KAI AL-los AN-ge-los ex-ÊL-then ek tou na-OU KRA-dzōn en phō-NÊ me-GA-lê tō ka-thê-ME-nō e-PI tês ne-PHE-lês PEM-pson to DRE-pa-non sou KAI THE-ri-son HO-ti ÊL-then hê HŌ-ra the-RI-sai HO-ti ex-ê-RAN-thê ho the-ris-MOS tês gês
Exegesis
The dative participle kathēmenō {καθημένῳ | kathēmenō} with epi tēs nephélēs {ἐπὶ τῆς νεφέλης | epi tēs nephélēs} designates “the one seated on the cloud.” Direct discourse unfolds through the paired aorist imperatives pémpso …
Root and etymology
nephosnu–epsilon–phi–omicron–sigma
“cloud”
In context — Revelation 14:15
And another angel came out from the temple, crying with a loud voice to the one seated on the cloud, “Send forth your sickle and reap, because the hour to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is ripe.”
About this coordinate
Revelation 14:15:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Revelation 14:15, so the Greek word νεφέλης (nephelês) 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.14.15.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.14.15.W16.S1) and character.