Revelation 18:2:14Rev.18.2.W14TAB
κατοικητήριον
katoikêtêrion
“a dwelling place”
- Transliteration
- ka-toi-kê-TÊ-ri-on
- Extended
- kah-toy-kay-TEH-ree-on
- IPA
- /ka.toi.kɛːˈtɛː.ri.on/
Meaning by language
- English
- a dwelling place
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ka-toi-kê-TÊ-ri-on
- sentence
KAI E-kra-ksen en is-khy-RAI phō-NÊ LE-gōn E-pe-sen E-pe-sen Ba-by-LŌN hē me-GA-lē KAI e-GE-ne-to ka-toi-kê-TÊ-ri-on dai-mo-NI-ōn KAI phy-la-KÊ pan-TOS PNEU-ma-tos a-ka-THAR-tou KAI phy-la-KÊ pan-TOS or-NE-ou a-ka-THAR-tou KAI phy-la-KÊ pan-TOS thē-RI-ou a-ka-THAR-tou KAI me-mi-sē-ME-nou
Exegesis
The predicate noun katoikētērion daimoniōn {κατοικητήριον δαιμονίων | ka-to-i-kē-tē-ri-on dai-mo-ní-ōn} ‘dwelling place of demons’ employs a genitive of characteristic.
Root and etymology
katoikeōka-to-i-kē-é-ō
“to inhabit”
In context — Revelation 18:2
He shouted with a mighty voice, saying, “Fallen—fallen is Babylon the great! Now she has become a dwelling place for demons, a prison for every unclean spirit, a prison for every unclean bird, and a prison for every unclean and detested beast.”
About this coordinate
Revelation 18:2:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Revelation 18:2, so the Greek word κατοικητήριον (katoikêtêrion) 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.18.2.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.18.2.W14.S1) and character.