Revelation 14:8:12Rev.14.8.W12TAB
ἣ
hê
“who”
- Transliteration
- hê
- Extended
- hê
- IPA
- /hɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- who
Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
hê
- sentence
KAI AL-los DEU-te-ros AN-ge-los ê-ko-LOU-thê-sen LE-gōn E-pe-sen E-pe-sen ba-by-LŌN hê me-GA-lê hê ek tou OI-nou tou thy-MOU tês por-NEI-as au-TÊS pe-PO-ti-ken PAN-ta ta E-thnê
Exegesis
Babylōn hē megalē {Βαβυλὼν ἡ μεγάλη | Babylṑn hē megálē} serves as the emphatic subject, immediately followed by a relative clause that uses pepotiken {πεπότικεν | pepótiken} perfect active to express a completed action with ongoing results.
Root and etymology
ethnoséthnos
“nation, people group”
In context — Revelation 14:8
And another angel, a second, followed, saying, “Fallen—fallen is Babylon the great, who has given all the nations to drink the wine of the wrath of her fornication .”
About this coordinate
Revelation 14:8:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Revelation 14:8, so the Greek word ἣ (hê) 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.14.8.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.14.8.W12.S1) and character.