Revelation 18:12:11Rev.18.12.W11TAB
βυσσίνου
byssinou
“fine linen”
- Transliteration
- byss-I-nou
- Extended
- bühs-SIH-noo
- IPA
- /bysˈsiː.nuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- fine linen
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Alphabet Analysis
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
byss-I-nou
- 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
Adjectival genitives such as byssinou {βυσσίνου | bys-sí-nou}, sirikou {σιρικοῦ | si-ri-koû}, and kokkinou {κοκκίνου | kok-kí-nou} function substantivally (“fine linen,” “silk,” “scarlet”).
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 18:12:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Revelation 18:12, so the Greek word βυσσίνου (byssinou) 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.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.18.12.W11.S1) and character.