Revelation 17:3:13Rev.17.3.W13TAB
θηρίον
thêrion
“a beast”
- Transliteration
- thê-RI-on
- Extended
- thê-REE-ohn
- IPA
- /tʰɛːˈri.on/
Meaning by language
- English
- a beast
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Alphabet Analysis
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
thê-RI-on
- sentence
KAI a-PEE-nen-ken me eis E-rê-mon en PNEU-ma-ti KAI EI-don gy-NAI-ka ka-thê-ME-nên e-PI thê-RI-on KOK-ki-non GE-mon-ta o-NO-ma-ta blas-phê-MI-as E-khōn ke-pha-LAS hep-TA KAI KE-ra-ta DE-ka
Exegesis
What John sees is a gynaika {γυναῖκα | gy-naî-ka} “woman,” modified by the participle kathēmenēn {καθημένην | ka-thē-me-nēn} “sitting,” which, together with the preposition epi {ἐπὶ | e-pí} plus the accusative, portrays her as enthroned or positioned over the thērion {θηρίον | thē-rí-on} “beast.”
Root and etymology
thērtheta–eta–rho
“wild animal, beast”
In context — Revelation 17:3
And he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, and I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns .
About this coordinate
Revelation 17:3:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Revelation 17:3, so the Greek word θηρίον (thêrion) 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.17.3.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.17.3.W13.S1) and character.