Revelation 16:21:28Rev.16.21.W28TAB
πληγὴ
plêgê
“plague”
- Transliteration
- plê-GÊ
- Extended
- plêh-GÊH
- IPA
- /plɛːˈgɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- plague
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
plê-GÊ
- 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 explanatory clause introduced by hoti {ὅτι | hó-ti} “because” then clarifies the rationale: megalē estin hē plēgē autēs sphodra {μεγάλη ἐστὶν ἡ πληγὴ αὐτῆς σφόδρα | me-gá-lē es-tín hē plē-gē au-tēs sphó-dra} “its plague is great exceedingly.” Here megalē and sphodra combine to heighten the intensity, while autēs refers back to the hail, personifying its effect. In translation, the historical present katabainei is rendered with a present in the formal version to preserve vividness, while a simple past is used dynamically for narrative flow. The causal relationships expressed by ek and hoti are preserved with “because of” and “since,” maintaining the logical sequence from divine judgment to human blasphemy.
Root and etymology
plēssōpi–lambda–eta–sigma–sigma–omega
“to strike, smite”
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 16:21:28 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 28 of Revelation 16:21, so the Greek word πληγὴ (plêgê) 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.W28, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.16.21.W28.S1) and character.