Revelation 16:5:14Rev.16.5.W14TAB

ἦν

ên

was

Transliteration
ÊN
Extended
ÊN
IPA
/ˈɛːn/

Meaning by language

English
was

Alphabet Analysis

Etai — as in machine
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    ÊN

  2. sentence

    KAI Ê-koo-sa tou an-GE-lou tôn hy-DA-tōn LE-gon-tos DI-kai-os EI ho ÔN KAI ho ÊN ho HO-si-os HO-ti TAU-ta E-kri-nas

Exegesis

The articular participles ho ōn kai ho ēn {ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν | ho ṓn kaí ho ḗn} follow appositionally, forming a title that highlights divine existence in present and past time, echoing earlier formulations in the book and evoking covenantal self-revelation.

Root and etymology

Rootphi alpha iota lambda eta

shallow bowl

In contextRevelation 16:5

And I heard the angel of the waters say, “Righteous are You , the One who is and who was, the Holy One, because You have judged these things.”

About this coordinate

Revelation 16:5:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Revelation 16:5, so the Greek word ἦν (ên) 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.16.5.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.16.5.W14.S1) and character.