Revelation 17:2:12Rev.17.2.W12TAB

τὴν

tēn

the

Transliteration
tēn
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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  1. word

    tēn

  2. sentence

    meth HÊS e-POR-neu-san hoi ba-si-LEIS tês GÊS kai e-me-THY-STHÊ-san hoi ka-toi-KOUN-tes tēn GÊN ek tou OI-nou tês por-NEI-as au-TÊS

Exegesis

The coordinating conjunction kai {καὶ | kai} 'and' introduces a second clause with a new subject, hoi katoikountes {οἱ κατοικοῦντες | hoi katoikoûntes} 'the ones dwelling', clarified by the object tēn gēn {τὴν γῆν | tēn gēn} 'the earth', giving the sense of earth-dwellers in general.

In contextRevelation 17:2

With whom the kings of the earth had sexual immorality , and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk from the wine of her sexual immorality.

About this coordinate

Revelation 17:2:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Revelation 17:2, so the Greek word τὴν (tēn) 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.17.2.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.17.2.W12.S1) and character.