Revelation 17:3:9Rev.17.3.W9TAB
εἶδον
eidon
“I saw”
- Transliteration
- EI-don
- Extended
- EI-dohn
- IPA
- /ˈei.don/
Meaning by language
- English
- I saw
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
EI-don
- 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
A new visionary snapshot begins with eidon {εἶδον | eî-don} “I saw,” a standard formula in Revelation introducing key symbolic images.
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 17:3:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Revelation 17:3, so the Greek word εἶδον (eidon) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.17.3.W9.S1) and character.