Revelation 14:20:4Rev.14.20.W4TAB
ληνὸς
lênos
“winepress”
- Transliteration
- lê-NOS
- Extended
- lê-NOHS
- IPA
- /lɛːˈnos/
Meaning by language
- English
- winepress
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
lê-NOS
- sentence
kai e-pa-TEE-thê hê lê-NOS EX-ō-then tês PO-le-ōs kai ek-SÊL-then HAI-ma ek tês lê-NOU A-khri tôn kha-li-NÔN tôn HIP-pōn a-PO sta-DI-ōn khi-LI-ōn hek-sa-ko-SI-ōn
Exegesis
The passive aorist epatethe {ἐπατήθη | epatḗthē} ‘was trodden down’ portrays the decisive crushing, with lenos {ληνός | lēnós} ‘winepress’ as its subject.
Root and etymology
lēn-lambda–eta–nu
“winepress, trough for treading grapes”
In context — Revelation 14:20
The winepress was trodden down outside the city , and blood issued from it up to the horses’ bridles, spanning one thousand six hundred stadia.
About this coordinate
Revelation 14:20:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Revelation 14:20, so the Greek word ληνὸς (lênos) 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.14.20.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.14.20.W4.S1) and character.