Revelation 18:16:20Rev.18.16.W20TAB
τιμίῳ
timiō
“precious”
- Transliteration
- ti-MI-ō
- Extended
- tih-MIH-oh
- IPA
- /tiˈmi.ɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- precious
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron |
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Word in context
- word
ti-MI-ō
- sentence
LE-gon-tes ou-a-EE ou-a-EE hê PO-lis hê me-GA-lê hê pe-ri-be-blê-ME-nê BYS-si-non kai por-phy-ROUN kai KOK-ki-non kai ke-khry-sô-ME-nê khry-SI-ō kai LI-thō ti-MI-ō kai mar-ga-RI-tê
Exegesis
Kechrysomene governs a series of datives—chrysio, litho timio, margarite {χρυσίῳ, λίθῳ τιμίῳ, μαργαρίτῃ | khry-sí-ō, lí-thō ti-mí-ō, mar-ga-rí-tē}—each introduced by kai {καὶ | kai}, producing rhythmic accumulation and emphasizing opulence. In translation, the attributive string is rendered as a single vivid description attached to “the great city,” and the coordinated lists are preserved to retain the piling-up effect that mirrors the city’s excess and underscores the irony of such splendor being the object of lament.
Root and etymology
timētau–iota–mu–eta
“honor, value, price”
In context — Revelation 18:16
Saying, “Alas, alas, the great city , clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stone and pearl!”
About this coordinate
Revelation 18:16:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Revelation 18:16, so the Greek word τιμίῳ (timiō) 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.18.16.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.18.16.W20.S1) and character.