Revelation 17:3:19Rev.17.3.W19TAB
κεφαλὰς
kephalas
“heads”
- Transliteration
- ke-pha-LAS
- Extended
- keh-phah-LAHS
- IPA
- /ke.pʰaˈlas/
Meaning by language
- English
- heads
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Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
ke-pha-LAS
- 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
The final participial clause echon kephalas hepta kai kerata deka {ἔχων κεφαλὰς ἑπτὰ καὶ κέρατα δέκα | é-khōn ke-pha-làs hep-tà kaí ké-ra-ta dé-ka} is syntactically dependent on “beast,” describing it as “having seven heads and ten horns.” The masculine participle echon, agreeing with a personified beast, underlines its agency. In translation, the chain of participles (“sitting,” “being full,” “having”) is preserved to retain the accumulating descriptive force characteristic of apocalyptic portrayal, while clause breaks and punctuation clarify the complex imagery for the reader.
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 17:3:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Revelation 17:3, so the Greek word κεφαλὰς (kephalas) 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.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.17.3.W19.S1) and character.