Revelation 16:14:3Rev.16.14.W3TAB
πνεύματα
pneumata
“spirits”
- Transliteration
- PNEU-ma-ta
- Extended
- PNEU-mah-tah
- IPA
- /ˈpneu.ma.ta/
Meaning by language
- English
- spirits
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
PNEU-ma-ta
- sentence
EE-sin gar PNEU-ma-ta dai-mo-NI-on poi-OUN-ta sê-MEI-a ha ek-po-REU-e-tai e-PI tous ba-si-LEIS tês oi-kou-ME-nês HO-lês sy-na-ga-GEIN au-TOUS eis ton PO-le-mon tês hê-ME-ras tês me-GA-lês tou the-OU tou pan-to-KRA-to-ros
Exegesis
The grammatical subject is implicit in the verb, while the predicate nominative pneumata daimoniōn {πνεύματα δαιμονίων | pnéu-ma-ta dai-mo-ní-on} ‘spirits of demons’ identifies their nature and allegiance by means of a head noun with a descriptive genitive.
Root and etymology
pneōpi–nu–epsilon–omega
“to blow, breathe”
In context — Revelation 16:14
For they are spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings of the whole inhabited world, to gather them for the battle of the great day of God the Almighty .
About this coordinate
Revelation 16:14:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Revelation 16:14, so the Greek word πνεύματα (pneumata) 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.16.14.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.16.14.W3.S1) and character.