Revelation 16:21:2Rev.16.21.W2TAB
χάλαζα
khalaza
“hail”
- Transliteration
- KHA-la-za
- Extended
- KHAH-lah-zah
- IPA
- /ˈkʰa.la.dza/
Meaning by language
- English
- hail
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Alphabet Analysis
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Zeta | z — as in daze | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KHA-la-za
- sentence
kai KHA-la-za me-GA-lê hôs ta-lan-ti-AI-a ka-ta-BAI-nei ek tou ou-ra-NOU e-PI tous an-THRÔ-pous kai e-blas-PHÊ-mê-san hoi AN-thrô-poi ton the-ON ek tês plê-GÊS tês kha-LA-dzês HO-ti me-GA-lê es-TIN hê plê-GÊ au-TÊS SPHO-dra
Exegesis
The verse begins with the subject–modifier sequence chalaza megalē {χάλαζα μεγάλη | chá-la-za me-gá-lē} “great hail,” followed by the comparative phrase hōs talantiaia {ὡς ταλαντιαία | hōs ta-lan-ti-aí-a} “like a talent in weight,” which specifies the extraordinary size of the hail.
Root and etymology
chalazachi–alpha–lambda–alpha–zeta–alpha
“hail, hailstone”
In context — Revelation 16:21
And great hail, like a talent in weight, falls from heaven upon the people, and the people blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, for the plague was exceedingly great.
About this coordinate
Revelation 16:21:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Revelation 16:21, so the Greek word χάλαζα (khalaza) 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.16.21.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.16.21.W2.S1) and character.