Revelation 18:15:2Rev.18.15.W2TAB
ἔμποροι
emporoi
“merchants”
- Transliteration
- EM-po-roi
- Extended
- EHM-poh-roi
- IPA
- /ˈem.po.roi/
Meaning by language
- English
- merchants
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
EM-po-roi
- sentence
hoi EM-po-roi TOU-tōn hoi plou-TÊ-san-tes ap au-TÊS a-PO ma-KRO-then STÊ-son-tai di-A ton PHO-bon tou ba-sa-nis-MOU au-TÊS KLAI-on-tes kai pen-THOU-ntes
Exegesis
The verse begins with the nominative subject phrase hoi emporoi {οἱ ἔμποροι | hoí ém-por-oi} ‘the merchants’, immediately followed by an appositional participial phrase hoi ploutesantes {οἱ πλουτήσαντες | hoí ploutḗsantes} ‘those who became rich’, which specifies which merchants are in view.
Root and etymology
emporosepsilon–mu–pi–omicron–rho–omicron–sigma
“merchant, trader”
In context — Revelation 18:15
The merchants of these things, those who became rich from her, will stand at a distance because of the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning.
About this coordinate
Revelation 18:15:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Revelation 18:15, so the Greek word ἔμποροι (emporoi) 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.18.15.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.18.15.W2.S1) and character.