Revelation 17:8:35Rev.17.8.W35TAB
ζωῆς
dzôês
“life”
- Transliteration
- dzô-ês
- Extended
- dzoh-ÊS
- IPA
- /dzɔːˈɛːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- life
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Alphabet Analysis
| Zeta | z — as in daze | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
dzô-ês
- 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 temporal prepositional phrase ἀπὸ καταβολῆς κόσμου locates this state “from the foundation of the world,” implying a long-standing, even primordial, book of life, with ζωῆς {ζωῆς | zō-ēs} “of life” specifying its saving character.
Root and etymology
zō-zeta–omega
“life, living, existence”
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 17:8:35 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 35 of Revelation 17:8, so the Greek word ζωῆς (dzôês) 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.W35, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.17.8.W35.S1) and character.