Revelation 18:12:1Rev.18.12.W1TAB
γόμον
gomon
“cargo”
- Transliteration
- GO-mon
- Extended
- GOH-mohn
- IPA
- /ˈgo.mon/
Meaning by language
- English
- cargo
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Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
GO-mon
- sentence
GO-mon khry-SOU KAI ar-GY-rou KAI LI-thou ti-MI-ou KAI mar-ga-ri-TON KAI byss-I-nou KAI por-PHY-ras KAI si-ri-KOU KAI kok-KI-nou KAI PAN KSY-lon THY-i-non KAI PAN SKEU-os e-le-PHAN-ti-non KAI PAN SKEU-os ek KSY-lou ti-mi-o-TA-tou KAI khal-KOU KAI si-DEE-rou KAI mar-MA-rou
Exegesis
The verse presents a single extended object phrase headed by gomon {γόμον | gó-mon} “cargo,” in the accusative, which functions as part of a larger description of Babylon’s trade.
Root and etymology
gomosgamma–omicron–mu–omicron–sigma
“load, cargo”
In context — Revelation 18:12
Cargo of gold and silver and precious stone and pearls and fine linen and purple and silk and scarlet, and every item of thyine wood and every ivory vessel and every vessel made from the most precious wood , and bronze and iron and marble.
About this coordinate
Revelation 18:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Revelation 18:12, so the Greek word γόμον (gomon) 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.18.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.18.12.W1.S1) and character.