Revelation 17:2:6Rev.17.2.W6TAB
τῆς
tês
“of the”
- Transliteration
- tês
- Extended
- têːs
- IPA
- /tɛːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
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tês
- 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.
The prepositional phrase ek tou oinou tēs porneias autēs {ἐκ τοῦ οἴνου τῆς πορνείας αὐτῆς | ek tou oínou tēs porneías autēs} 'from the wine of her sexual immorality' expresses means or instrument, with the genitive chain tou oinou … tēs porneias functioning both to denote the source and to characterize the nature of the intoxicant. In English, the relative clause and the coordinated clause are rendered as two tightly linked statements, preserving the causal progression while adopting a clear subject–verb–object sequence.
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 17:2:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Revelation 17:2, so the Greek word τῆς (tês) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.17.2.W6.S1) and character.