Revelation 17:10:17Rev.17.10.W17TAB
μεῖναι
meinai
“to remain”
- Transliteration
- MEI-nai
- Extended
- mei-NAI
- IPA
- /ˈmei.nai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to remain
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
MEI-nai
- sentence
hoi PEN-te E-pe-san ho HEIS ES-tin ho AL-los OU-pô ÊL-then KAI HO-tan EL-thê o-LI-gon au-TON DEI MEI-nai
Exegesis
Finally, the impersonal verb deî with infinitive meinai and adverbial oligon in oligon auton dei meinai {ὀλίγον αὐτὸν δεῖ μεῖναι | o-lí-gon au-tón deî meî-nai} expresses necessary duration: “it is necessary to remain a little.” The Greek asyndeton and precise article use heighten the sense of unfolding successive rule.
Root and etymology
men-mu–epsilon–nu
“to remain, stay”
In context — Revelation 17:10
And they are seven kings . The five have fallen, the one is, the other has not yet come; and whenever he comes, it is necessary for him to remain a little while.
About this coordinate
Revelation 17:10:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Revelation 17:10, so the Greek word μεῖναι (meinai) 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.17.10.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.17.10.W17.S1) and character.