Revelation 17:7:8Rev.17.7.W8TAB
ἐθαύμασας
ethaumasas
“did you marvel”
- Transliteration
- e-THAU-ma-sas
- Extended
- eh-THAU-mah-sahs
- IPA
- /eˈtʰau.ma.sas/
Meaning by language
- English
- did you marvel
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
e-THAU-ma-sas
- sentence
KAI ei-PEN moi ho AN-ge-los di-A TI e-THAU-ma-sas e-GÔ e-RÔ soi to my-STÊ-ri-on tês gy-nai-KOS KAI tou thê-RI-ou tou ba-STA-dzo-ntos au-TÊN tou E-kho-ntos tas hep-TA ke-pha-LAS KAI ta DE-ka KE-ra-ta
Exegesis
Direct speech follows, introduced without a explicit verb of asking; instead, the interrogative phrase Dia ti ethaumasas {Διὰ τί ἐθαύμασας | Diá tí e-thaú-ma-sas} “why did you marvel?” combines the preposition Dia with the interrogative pronoun ti to form an idiomatic question, with the aorist verb marking the completed response of astonishment.
In context — Revelation 17:7
And the angel said to me, “Why did you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.”
About this coordinate
Revelation 17:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Revelation 17:7, so the Greek word ἐθαύμασας (ethaumasas) 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.17.7.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.17.7.W8.S1) and character.