Revelation 16:10:16Rev.16.10.W16TAB
βασιλεία
basileia
“kingdom”
- Transliteration
- ba-si-LEI-a
- Extended
- bah-sih-LEI-ah
- IPA
- /ba.siˈle.i.a/
Meaning by language
- English
- kingdom
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-si-LEI-a
- sentence
KAI ho PEM-ptos ek-SE-khe-en tên phi-A-lên au-TOU e-PI ton THRO-non tou thê-RI-ou KAI e-GE-ne-to hê ba-si-LEI-a au-TOU es-ko-tô-ME-nê KAI e-ma-SÔN-to tas GLÔS-sas au-TÔN ek tou PO-nou
Exegesis
The next clause, egeneto hē basileia autou eskotōmenē {ἐγένετο ἡ βασιλεία αὐτοῦ ἐσκοτωμένη | egéneto hē basileía autoû eskotōménē}, uses the aorist middle egeneto plus a perfect passive participle, creating a resultative construction: the kingdom “came to be” in a state of completed darkness. The participle eskotōmenē functions predicatively with hē basileia, describing the condition of the beast’s realm as a consequence of the outpoured bowl.
Root and etymology
basileusbeta–alpha–sigma–iota–lambda–epsilon–upsilon–sigma
“king, ruler”
In context — Revelation 16:10
And the fifth angel poured out his bowl upon the throne of the beast, and his kingdom became darkened, and they were biting their tongues because of the pain .
About this coordinate
Revelation 16:10:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Revelation 16:10, so the Greek word βασιλεία (basileia) 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.16.10.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.16.10.W16.S1) and character.