Revelation 17:4:3Rev.17.4.W3TAB
γυνὴ
gyne
“woman”
- Transliteration
- gy-NE
- Extended
- gyh-NEH
- IPA
- /gyˈne/
Meaning by language
- English
- woman
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
gy-NE
- sentence
KAI hê gy-NE ÊN pe-ri-be-blê-ME-nê por-phy-ROUN KAI KOK-ki-non KAI ke-khry-sô-ME-nê khry-SI-ō KAI LI-thō ti-MI-ō KAI mar-ga-RI-tais E-khou-sa po-TÊ-ri-on khry-SOUN en tê khei-RI au-TÊS GE-mon bde-lyg-MA-tōn KAI ta a-KA-thar-ta tês por-NEI-as au-TÊS
Exegesis
The Greek syntax presents a vivid participial chain: peribeblemene {περιβεβλημένη | peribeblēménē} ‘clothed around’, kechrysomene {κεχρυσωμένη | kechrysōménē} ‘adorned with gold’, and echousa {ἔχουσα | échousa} ‘having’, all modifying gune {γυνή | gynḗ} ‘woman’.
Root and etymology
gynegamma–upsilon–nu–eta
“woman, wife”
In context — Revelation 17:4
And the woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold , with precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her fornication.
About this coordinate
Revelation 17:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Revelation 17:4, so the Greek word γυνὴ (gyne) 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.17.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.17.4.W3.S1) and character.