Revelation 17:3:4Rev.17.3.W4TAB
εἰς
eis
“into”
- Transliteration
- eis
- Extended
- eis
- IPA
- /eis/
Meaning by language
- English
- into
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
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eis
- 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 prepositional phrase eis erēmon {εἰς ἔρημον | eis é-rē-mon} specifies the destination, the “wilderness,” a frequent apocalyptic setting for judgment and revelation.
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 17:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Revelation 17:3, so the Greek word εἰς (eis) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.17.3.W4.S1) and character.