Revelation 17:16:12Rev.17.16.W12TAB

τὴν

tên

the

Transliteration
tên
Extended
TAYN
IPA
/tɛːn/

Meaning by language

English
the

Alphabet Analysis

Taut — as in top
Etai — as in machine
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    tên

  2. sentence

    KAI ta DE-ka KE-ra-ta HA EI-des KAI to thê-REE-on HOU-toi mi-SÊ-sou-si tên POR-nên KAI ê-rê-mô-ME-nên poi-Ê-sou-sin au-TÊN KAI gym-NÊN KAI tas SAR-kas au-TÊS PHA-go-ntai KAI au-TÊN ka-ta-KAU-sou-sin en py-REI

Exegesis

The first main verb misēsousin {μισήσουσιν | mi-sḗ-sou-sin} “will hate” introduces their hostile action toward the direct object tēn pornēn {τὴν πόρνην | tḕn pór-nēn}.

In contextRevelation 17:16

And the ten horns that you saw, and the beast—these will hate the prostitute, and they will make her desolate and naked, and they will eat her flesh, and they will burn her up with fire .

About this coordinate

Revelation 17:16:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Revelation 17:16, so the Greek word τὴν (tên) 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.17.16.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.17.16.W12.S1) and character.