Revelation 14:4:20Rev.14.4.W20TAB
ἠγοράσθησαν
êgorasthêsan
“were redeemed”
- Transliteration
- ê-go-RAS-thê-san
- Extended
- ê-go-RAHS-thê-sahn
- IPA
- /ɛː.goˈras.tʰɛː.san/
Meaning by language
- English
- were redeemed
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
ê-go-RAS-thê-san
- sentence
hou-TOI EI-sin hoi me-TA gy-nai-KON ouk e-mo-LYUN-thê-san par-THE-noi gar EI-sin HOU-toi hoi a-ko-lou-THOUN-tes tôi ar-NI-ôi HO-pou an hy-PA-gêi HOU-toi ê-go-RAS-thê-san a-PO tôn an-THRÔ-pôn a-par-KHÊ tôi the-ÔI kai tôi ar-NI-ôi
Exegesis
The final clause features the aorist passive ēgorasthēsan {ἠγοράσθησαν | ē-go-rás-thē-san} ‘were redeemed’, with apo {ἀπὸ | a-pó} ‘from’ governing the genitive anthrōpōn {ἀνθρώπων | an-thrṓ-pōn} ‘humans’, the substantive aparchē {ἀπαρχὴ | a-par-chḗ} ‘firstfruits’, and the double dative tō Theō kai tō arnion {τῷ θεῷ καὶ τῷ ἀρνίῳ | tôi the-ō kaí tôi ar-ní-ō} ‘to God and to the Lamb’, marking consecration. This triplet of clauses underscores themes of purity, loyalty, and redemption through Greek relative, participial, and aorist constructions.
In context — Revelation 14:4
These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever He may go. They have been redeemed from among humanity as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb .
About this coordinate
Revelation 14:4:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Revelation 14:4, so the Greek word ἠγοράσθησαν (êgorasthêsan) 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.14.4.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.14.4.W20.S1) and character.