Revelation 16:20:8Rev.16.20.W8TAB
εὑρέθησαν
heurethêsan
“were found”
- Transliteration
- heu-RE-thê-san
- Extended
- heh-oo-REH-thêê-sahn
- IPA
- /heuˈre.tʰɛː.san/
Meaning by language
- English
- were found
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
heu-RE-thê-san
- sentence
kai PA-sa NÊ-sos E-phy-gen kai O-rê oukh heu-RE-thê-san
Exegesis
The second clause, ore oukh heurethesan {ὄρη οὐχ εὑρέθησαν | ó-rē oukh heu-ré-thē-san}, uses a fronted subject ore “mountains” followed by the negated aorist passive verb heurethesan “were found,” with oukh “not” directly preceding the verb to stress total absence. The parallel subjects (“every island” / “mountains”) and aorist verbs (“fled” / “were not found”) create a balanced structure that underscores the comprehensive nature of the catastrophe. In translation, the aorists are rendered as simple past to preserve the decisive, completed character of the events, while the two coordinated clauses are maintained to reflect the Greek rhythm and escalation.
Root and etymology
heuriskoepsilon–upsilon–rho–iota–sigma–kappa–omega
“to find, discover”
In context — Revelation 16:20
And every island fled, and the mountains were not found.
About this coordinate
Revelation 16:20:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Revelation 16:20, so the Greek word εὑρέθησαν (heurethêsan) 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.16.20.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.16.20.W8.S1) and character.