Revelation 14:19:16Rev.14.19.W16TAB
γῆς
gês
“earth”
- Transliteration
- GÊS
- Extended
- GÊÊS
- IPA
- /gɛːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- earth
Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
GÊS
- sentence
KAI E-ba-len ho AN-ge-los to DRE-pa-non au-TOU eis tên GÊN KAI e-TRY-gê-sen tên AM-pe-lon tês GÊS KAI E-ba-len eis tên lê-NON tou thy-MOU tou the-OU ton ME-gan
Exegesis
The expression tḕn ámpelon tēs gēs {τὴν ἄμπελον τῆς γῆς | tḕn ám-pe-lon tēs gês} ‘the vine of the earth’ is a direct object with a genitive modifier, portraying what is harvested as characteristically “of the earth.”
Root and etymology
gēgamma–ē-eta
“earth, land”
In context — Revelation 14:19
And the angel swung his sickle into the earth and gathered the vine of the earth, and he threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God .
About this coordinate
Revelation 14:19:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Revelation 14:19, so the Greek word γῆς (gês) 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.14.19.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.14.19.W16.S1) and character.