Revelation 17:15:10Rev.17.15.W10TAB
πόρνη
pornê
“prostitute”
- Transliteration
- POR-nê
- Extended
- POHR-nay
- IPA
- /ˈpor.nɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- prostitute
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
POR-nê
- sentence
KAI LE-gei moi TA HY-da-ta HA EI-des HOU hê POR-nê KA-thê-tai la-OI KAI O-khloi ei-SIN KAI ETH-nê KAI GLOSS-sai
Exegesis
The genitive relative pronoun hou {οὗ | hou} ‘where’ introduces a locative genitive phrase—overtly a relative clause—within which the subject phrase he porne {ἡ πόρνη | hē pór-nē} ‘the prostitute’ occurs, followed by the present middle verb kathetai {κάθηται | ká-thē-tai} ‘she sits’, portraying her settled, ongoing position upon the waters.
Root and etymology
pernēmipi–epsilon–rho–nu–eta–mu–iota
“to sell”
In context — Revelation 17:15
And he said to me, “The waters which you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues .”
About this coordinate
Revelation 17:15:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Revelation 17:15, so the Greek word πόρνη (pornê) 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.17.15.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.17.15.W10.S1) and character.