Revelation 17:18:8Rev.17.18.W8TAB
πόλις
polis
“city”
- Transliteration
- PO-lis
- Extended
- POH-lihs
- IPA
- /ˈpo.lis/
Meaning by language
- English
- city
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
PO-lis
- 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.”
Root and etymology
pol-pi–omicron–lambda
“city, community”
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 17:18:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Revelation 17:18, so the Greek word πόλις (polis) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.17.18.W8.S1) and character.