Revelation 17:18:4Rev.17.18.W4TAB

ἣν

hên

whom

Transliteration
hên
Extended
hên
IPA
/hɛːn/

Meaning by language

English
whom

Alphabet Analysis

Etai — as in machine
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    hên

  2. 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 relative pronoun hēn {ἣν | hḗn} with the verb eides {εἶδες | eî-des} forms a relative clause “whom you saw” that modifies “the woman,” linking this explanation to the earlier visionary description.

Root and etymology

pernaopi–epsilon–rho–nu–alpha–omega

woman who is sold for sex, prostitute

In contextRevelation 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 17:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Revelation 17:18, so the Greek word ἣν (hên) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.17.18.W4.S1) and character.