Revelation 17:16:24Rev.17.16.W24TAB
φάγονται
phagontai
“they will eat”
- Transliteration
- PHA-go-ntai
- Extended
- PHAH-goh(n)-tai
- IPA
- /ˈpʰa.go.ntai̯/
Meaning by language
- English
- they will eat
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
PHA-go-ntai
- 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 following clause adds further actions with new finite verbs: phagontai {φάγονται | phá-gon-tai} “they will eat” governing tas sarkas autēs {τὰς σάρκας αὐτῆς | tàs sár-kas au-tês}, and katakausousin {κατακαύσουσιν | ka-ta-kaú-sou-sin} “they will burn up” taking autēn {αὐτὴν | au-tḕn} again as direct object.
In context — Revelation 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 17:16:24 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 24 of Revelation 17:16, so the Greek word φάγονται (phagontai) 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.W24, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.17.16.W24.S1) and character.