Revelation 17:2:3Rev.17.2.W3TAB
ἐπόρνευσαν
eporneusan
“committed sexual immorality”
- Transliteration
- e-POR-neu-san
- Extended
- eh-POR-neu-sahn
- IPA
- /eˈpor.neu.san/
Meaning by language
- English
- committed sexual immorality
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
e-POR-neu-san
- 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 finite verb eporneusan {ἐπόρνευσαν | epórneusan} 'they committed sexual immorality' takes as its subject hoi basileis {οἱ βασιλεῖς | hoi basileîs} 'the kings', further specified by the genitive phrase tēs gēs {τῆς γῆς | tēs gēs} 'of the earth', indicating that the rulers in view are worldwide rather than local.
In context — Revelation 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 17:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Revelation 17:2, so the Greek word ἐπόρνευσαν (eporneusan) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.17.2.W3.S1) and character.