Revelation 16:19:4Rev.16.19.W4TAB
πόλις
polis
“city”
- Transliteration
- PO-lis
- Extended
- POH-lis
- IPA
- /ˈpo.lis/
Meaning by language
- English
- city
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
PO-lis
- sentence
KAI e-GE-ne-to hê PO-lis hê me-GA-lê eis TRI-a ME-rê KAI hai PO-leis tôn eth-NÔN E-pe-san KAI ba-by-LÔN hê me-GA-lê em-NÊS-thê e-NÔ-pi-on tou the-OU DOU-nai au-TÊ to po-TÊ-ri-on tou OI-nou tou thy-MOU tês or-GÊS au-TOU
Exegesis
The verb egéneto with eis {εἰς | eis} frames the first event, splitting hē megálē pólis {ἡ μεγάλη πόλις | hē megálē pólis} ‘the great city’ into tría mérē {τρία μέρη | tría mérē} ‘three parts.’
Root and etymology
pol-pi–omicron–lambda
“city, community”
In context — Revelation 16:19
And the great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell, and Babylon the great was remembered before God , to give her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath .
About this coordinate
Revelation 16:19:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Revelation 16:19, so the Greek word πόλις (polis) 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.16.19.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.16.19.W4.S1) and character.