Revelation 17:18:2Rev.17.18.W2TAB
ἡ
hê
“the”
- Transliteration
- hê
- Extended
- hê
- IPA
- /hɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
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Word in context
- word
hê
- sentence
KAI hê gy-NE hên EI-des ES-tin hê PO-lis hê me-GA-lê hê E-khou-sa ba-si-LEI-an e-PI tôn ba-si-LE-ōn tês gês
Exegesis
The sentence is a single copulative clause built around estin {ἔστιν | é-stin} “is,” which equates two nominative phrases: hē gynē {ἡ γυνὴ | hē gynḗ} “the woman” and hē polis hē megalē {ἡ πόλις ἡ μεγάλη | hē pólis hē me-gá-lē} “the great city.”
The repeated articles hē {ἡ | hē} before gynē, polis, megalē, and ekhousa contribute to a series of articular elements that heighten definiteness and emphasize the specific, identified entities within the vision.
The articular participial phrase hē ekhousa basileian {ἡ ἔχουσα βασιλείαν | hē é-khou-sa ba-si-leí-an} functions attributively, further describing the “great city” as “the one having sovereignty.”
Root and etymology
gyn-gamma–upsilon–nu
“woman, wife”
In context — Revelation 17:18
And the woman whom you saw is the great city that possesses sovereignty over the kings of the earth.
About this coordinate
Revelation 17:18:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Revelation 17:18, so the Greek word ἡ (hê) 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.17.18.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.17.18.W2.S1) and character.