ἑπτὰ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ἑπτὰ

   hep-TA

   seven
2. sentence🔊 καὶ ἐγεμίσθη ὁ ναὸς καπνοῦ ἐκ τῆς δόξης τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ ἐκ τῆς δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐδεὶς ἐδύνατο εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὸν ναὸν ἄχρι τελεσθῶσιν αἱ ἑπτὰ πληγαὶ τῶν ἑπτὰ ἀγγέλων

   KAI e-ge-MIS-thê ho na-OS ka-pNOU ek tês DO-ksês tou the-OU KAI ek tês dy-NA-me-ôs au-TOU KAI ou-deis e-DY-na-to ei-sel-THEIN eis ton na-ON A-khri te-les-THÔ-sin hai hep-TA plê-GAI tôn hep-TA an-GE-lôn

   and was filled the sanctuary of smoke from the glory of the God and from the power of him and no one was able to enter into the sanctuary until were finished the seven plagues of the seven angels

Exegesis

The temporal boundary is introduced by achri {ἄχρι | ákhri} followed by the aorist passive subjunctive telesthōsin {τελεσθῶσιν | telesthōsin}, “until…should be completed,” which governs the subject phrase hai hepta plēgai tōn hepta angelōn {αἱ ἑπτὰ πληγαὶ τῶν ἑπτὰ ἀγγέλων | haí heptà plēgaí tōn heptà angélōn}.

The repetition of hepta {ἑπτὰ | heptà} before both plēgai and angelōn forms a tightly bound unit, emphasizing fullness and divinely ordered completeness of judgment. In translation, the passive verbs are rendered with natural English passives (“was filled,” “were completed”) to retain the implied divine agency, while the achri + subjunctive structure is expressed as “until … were completed / had come to an end” to convey a definite eschatological endpoint.