Revelation 14:8:9Rev.14.8.W9TAB
Βαβυλὼν
babylōn
“Babylon”
- Transliteration
- ba-by-LŌN
- Extended
- bah-by-LOHN
- IPA
- /ba.byˈlɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- Babylon
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Alphabet Analysis
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-by-LŌN
- 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
Babylōnba-by-lṓn
“Babylon, gate of god”
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 14:8:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Revelation 14:8, so the Greek word Βαβυλὼν (babylōn) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.14.8.W9.S1) and character.