Revelation 14:16:7Rev.14.16.W7TAB
νεφέλης
nefelês
“cloud”
- Transliteration
- ne-FE-lês
- Extended
- neh-FEH-lês
- IPA
- /neˈpʰe.lɛːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- cloud
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
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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The word
Word in context
- word
ne-FE-lês
- 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 subject of the first clause is the substantival participle ho kathēmenos epi tēs nephelēs {ὁ καθήμενος ἐπὶ τῆς νεφέλης | ho ka-thḗ-me-nos e-pì tēs ne-phé-lēs} ‘the one sitting upon the cloud’, functioning as a nominal designation that emphasizes authoritative presence.
Root and etymology
nephosnu–epsilon–phi–omicron–sigma
“cloud”
In context — Revelation 14:16
And He who sat on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.
About this coordinate
Revelation 14:16:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Revelation 14:16, so the Greek word νεφέλης (nefelês) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.14.16.W7.S1) and character.