Revelation 16:18:2Rev.16.18.W2TAB
ἐγένοντο
eghenonto
“there came to be”
- Transliteration
- e-GHE-non-to
- Extended
- eh-GHEH-nohn-toh
- IPA
- /eˈge.non.to/
Meaning by language
- English
- there came to be
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) |
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Word in context
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e-GHE-non-to
- sentence
KAI e-GHE-non-to a-stra-PAI KAI phō-NAI KAI bron-TAI KAI SEIS-mos e-GHE-ne-to ME-gas HOI-os ouk e-GHE-ne-to ap hou AN-thrō-poi e-GHE-non-to e-PI tês gês tê-li-KOU-tos SEIS-mos HOU-tō ME-gas
Exegesis
The opening clause, kai egenonto astrapai kai phonai kai brontai {καὶ ἐγένοντο ἀστραπαὶ καὶ φωναὶ καὶ βρονταί | kaí egénonto astrapaí kaí phōnaí kaí brontaí}, uses the aorist middle egenonto as an intransitive “there came to be,” with three coordinated nominative plurals listing the storm theophany elements.
The qualitative relative hoios {οἷος | hoîos} introduces a comparative clause hoios ouk egeneto aph hou anthropoi egenonto epi tes ges {οἷος οὐκ ἐγένετο ἀφʼ οὗ ἄνθρωποι ἐγένοντο ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς | hoîos ouk egéneto aph hou ánthrōpoi egénonto epí tēs gēs}, which is best taken temporally, “since the time when humans came to be on the earth,” with aph hou forming a genitive construction marking the starting point of human history.
In context — Revelation 16:18
And there were flashes of lightning, and voices, and peals of thunder, and there was a great earthquake —such as had not been since men were upon the earth—so mighty an earthquake, so great.
About this coordinate
Revelation 16:18:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Revelation 16:18, so the Greek word ἐγένοντο (eghenonto) 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.16.18.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.16.18.W2.S1) and character.