Revelation 18:13:30Rev.18.13.W30TAB
ψυχὰς
psykhas
“souls”
- Transliteration
- psy-KHAS
- Extended
- psüh-KHAHS
- IPA
- /psyˈkʰas/
Meaning by language
- English
- souls
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Psi | ps — as in lips | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
psy-KHAS
- sentence
KAI kin-NA-mô-mon KAI A-mô-mon KAI thy-mi-A-ma-ta KAI MY-ron KAI LI-ba-non KAI OI-non KAI E-lai-on KAI se-MI-da-lin KAI SI-ton KAI KTÊ-nê KAI PRO-ba-ta KAI HIP-pôn KAI hre-DÔN KAI sô-MA-tôn KAI psy-KHAS an-THRÔ-pôn
Exegesis
The final accusative phrase psukhas anthropon {ψυχὰς ἀνθρώπων | psu-khás an-THRŌ-pōn} “souls of people” returns the list to living persons, underscoring the moral shock of dehumanization. English order retains the Greek conjunctions to mirror the emphatic abundance.
Root and etymology
psychēpsi–upsilon–chi–eta
“breath, life, soul”
In context — Revelation 18:13
And cinnamon, and amomum , and incenses, and ointment, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and cattle, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and bodies , and souls of men.
About this coordinate
Revelation 18:13:30 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 30 of Revelation 18:13, so the Greek word ψυχὰς (psykhas) 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.18.13.W30, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.18.13.W30.S1) and character.