Revelation 14:16:12Rev.14.16.W12TAB

τὴν

tên

the

Transliteration
tên
Extended
tên
IPA
/tɛːn/

Meaning by language

English
the

Alphabet Analysis

Taut — as in top
Etai — as in machine
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    tên

  2. sentence

    KAI E-ba-len ho ka-THEE-me-nos e-PEE TÊS ne-FE-lês to DRE-pa-non au-TOU e-PEE tên gÊN KAI e-the-REES-thê hê gÊ

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase epi tēn gēn {ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν | e-pì tēn gḗn} ‘over the earth’ specifies the sphere of eschatological intervention.

In contextRevelation 14:16

And He who sat on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.

About this coordinate

Revelation 14:16:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Revelation 14:16, so the Greek word τὴν (tên) 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.14.16.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.14.16.W12.S1) and character.