Revelation 16:21:8Rev.16.21.W8TAB
τοῦ
tou
“the”
- Transliteration
- tou
- Extended
- too
- IPA
- /tuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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tou
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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 present tense verb katabainei {καταβαίνει | ka-ta-bai-nei} “falls down” functions as a historical present, vividly portraying the ongoing descent of the hail from heaven in the prepositional phrase ek tou ouranou {ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ | ek toû ou-ra-noû}.
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 16:21:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Revelation 16:21, so the Greek word τοῦ (tou) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.16.21.W8.S1) and character.