Revelation 14:3:20Rev.14.3.W20TAB
μαθεῖν
mathein
“to learn”
- Transliteration
- ma-THEIN
- Extended
- mah-THEIN
- IPA
- /maˈtʰiːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- to learn
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
ma-THEIN
- sentence
KAI A-dou-sin hôs ō-DÊN kai-NÊN e-NṒ-pi-on tou THRO-nou KAI e-NṒ-pi-on tôn tes-SA-rōn DZŌ-i-ōn KAI tôn pres-by-TE-rōn KAI ou-de-IS e-DY-na-to ma-THEIN tên ō-DÊN ei MÊ hai he-ka-TON tes-se-RA-kon-ta TES-sa-res khi-li-A-des hoi ê-go-ras-ME-noi a-PO tês gês
Exegesis
The adversative kai oudeis edynato mathein {καὶ οὐδεὶς ἐδύνατο μαθεῖν | kaí ou-deís e-dý-na-to ma-theîn} uses the imperfect to express ongoing inability, with the infinitive specifying the act.
In context — Revelation 14:3
And they are singing as a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures, and before the elders; and no one was able to learn the song except the one hundred forty-four thousand who had been redeemed from the earth.
About this coordinate
Revelation 14:3:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Revelation 14:3, so the Greek word μαθεῖν (mathein) 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.14.3.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.14.3.W20.S1) and character.