Revelation 15:2:4Rev.15.2.W4TAB
θάλασσαν
thalasan
“sea”
- Transliteration
- THA-la-san
- Extended
- THAH-lah-sahn
- IPA
- /ˈtʰa.las.san/
Meaning by language
- English
- sea
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Alphabet Analysis
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
THA-la-san
- sentence
KAI EI-don hôs THA-la-san hy-a-LI-nên me-mig-ME-nên py-REE KAI tous ni-KÔN-tas ek tou thê-REE-ou KAI ek tês ei-KO-nos au-TOU KAI ek tou a-rith-MOU tou o-NO-ma-tos au-TOU hes-TÔ-tas e-PI tên THA-la-san tên hy-a-LI-nên E-khon-tas ki-THA-ras tou the-OU
Exegesis
The phrase thalassan hualinēn memigmenēn puri {θάλασσαν ὑαλίνην μεμιγμένην πυρί | thálassan hualínēn memigménēn purí} consists of a direct object ‘sea’ modified by an attributive adjective ‘of glass’ and a perfect passive participle ‘having been mixed’ with the dative puri ‘with fire’, presenting a completed mixing that still characterizes the sea. The accusative participial group tous nikōntas ... hestōtas ...
The participle hestōtas {ἑστῶτας | hestôtas} governs the prepositional phrase epi tēn thalassan tēn hualinēn {ἐπὶ τὴν θάλασσαν τὴν ὑαλίνην | epì tḕn thálassan tḕn hualínēn}, placing the conquerors on the very sea just described, and the repetition of ‘sea of glass’ ties the people visually into the heavenly setting.
Root and etymology
thalassatheta–alpha–lambda–alpha–sigma–sigma–alpha
“sea, large body of water”
In context — Revelation 15:2
And I saw what looked like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name, standing on the sea of glass, holding harps of God .
About this coordinate
Revelation 15:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Revelation 15:2, so the Greek word θάλασσαν (thalasan) 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.15.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.15.2.W4.S1) and character.