Revelation 17:11:3Rev.17.11.W3TAB
θηρίον
thêrion
“beast”
- Transliteration
- thê-RI-on
- Extended
- thê-RIH-on
- IPA
- /tʰɛːˈri.on/
Meaning by language
- English
- beast
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Alphabet Analysis
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
thê-RI-on
- sentence
kai to thê-RI-on ho ÊN kai ouk ES-tin kai au-TOS OG-do-OS es-TIN kai ek tÔN hep-TA es-TIN kai eis a-PÔ-lei-an hy-PA-gei
Exegesis
The verse begins with the conjunction kai {καὶ | kaí} linking this statement to the surrounding vision, with the articular noun phrase to thērion {τὸ θηρίον | tò thḗ-ri-on} functioning as the subject.
Root and etymology
thērtheta–eta–rho
“wild animal, beast”
In context — Revelation 17:11
And the beast which was and is not, even it is an eighth, and is from the seven, and it is going into destruction .
About this coordinate
Revelation 17:11:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Revelation 17:11, so the Greek word θηρίον (thêrion) 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.17.11.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.17.11.W3.S1) and character.