Revelation 17:8:10Rev.17.8.W10TAB
μέλλει
mellei
“is about”
- Transliteration
- MEL-lei
- Extended
- MEHL-leh-ee
- IPA
- /ˈmel.le.i/
Meaning by language
- English
- is about
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
MEL-lei
- sentence
to thê-REE-on ho EI-des AYN kai ouk ES-tin kai MEL-lei a-na-bai-NEIN ek tês a-BYS-sou kai eis a-PÔ-lei-an hy-PA-gei kai thau-ma-sthê-SO-ntai hoi ka-toi-KOU-ntes e-PI tês gês hôn ou GE-gra-ptai to O-no-ma e-PI to bi-BLI-on tês dzô-ês a-PO ka-ta-bo-LÊS KOS-mou ble-PO-ntōn to thê-REE-on HO-ti AYN kai ouk ES-tin kai pa-RES-tai
Exegesis
The periphrastic construction μέλλει {μέλλει | mél-lei} + infinitive ἀναβαίνειν highlights an impending action rather than a simple future. The coordinated clause καὶ εἰς ἀπώλειαν ὑπάγει adds the ultimate destiny of the beast, with the prepositional phrase εἰς ἀπώλειαν foregrounding its end in destruction.
In context — Revelation 17:8
The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to ascend out of the abyss, and it goes into destruction. And those who dwell on the earth—whose name has not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world—will marvel, seeing the beast, that it was, and is not, and will be present .
About this coordinate
Revelation 17:8:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Revelation 17:8, so the Greek word μέλλει (mellei) 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.17.8.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.17.8.W10.S1) and character.