Revelation 15:1:21Rev.15.1.W21TAB
ἐτελέσθη
etelesthê
“was finished”
- Transliteration
- e-te-LESTHê
- Extended
- eh-teh-LEHS-tʰê
- IPA
- /e.teˈles.tʰɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- was finished
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
e-te-LESTHê
- sentence
KAI EI-don AL-lo sê-MEI-on en tôi ou-ra-NÔI ME-ga KAI thau-ma-STON an-GE-lous hep-TA E-khon-tas plê-GAS hep-TA tas es-KHA-tas HO-ti en au-TAIS e-te-LESTHê ho thy-MOS tou the-OU
Exegesis
The causal clause hoti en autais etelesthe ho thymos tou theou {ὅτι ἐν αὐταῖς ἐτελέσθη ὁ θυμὸς τοῦ θεοῦ | hó-ti en au-taîs e-te-lé-sthē ho thy-mós tou the-oû} explains why these plagues are last: within them the wrath reaches its telic goal. The prepositional phrase en autais locates the completion of wrath “in” the plagues themselves, while the aorist passive etelesthe presents the action as a decisive, divinely effected completion. In translation, the appositional adjectives and accusative chain are preserved as closely as possible to maintain the climactic buildup from “sign” to “last plagues,” and the causal hoti clause is rendered with “because” to make the logical relationship explicit in English.
In context — Revelation 15:1
And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, seven angels having seven plagues—the last ones—because in them the wrath of God was completed .
About this coordinate
Revelation 15:1:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Revelation 15:1, so the Greek word ἐτελέσθη (etelesthê) 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.15.1.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.15.1.W21.S1) and character.