Revelation 18:21:24Rev.18.21.W24TAB
οὐ
ou
“not”
- Transliteration
- ou
- Extended
- oo
- IPA
- /uː/
Meaning by language
- English
- not
Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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ou
- sentence
KAI Ê-ren HEIS AN-ge-los is-khy-ROS LI-thon hôs MY-li-non ME-gan KAI E-ba-len eis tên THA-las-san LE-gōn HOU-tōs hor-MÊ-ma-ti blê-THÊ-se-tai ba-by-LÔN hê me-GA-lê PO-lis KAI ou mê heu-re-THÊ E-ti
Exegesis
The future passive blēthēsetai {βληθήσεται | blē-thē-se-tai} ‘will be thrown down’ and the aorist passive subjunctive heurethē {εὑρεθῇ | heu-re-thē} under the emphatic negation ou mē {οὐ μὴ | ou mē} depict Babylon as the passive object of judgment and stress the absolute certainty that it will never be found again. In translation, the passives are preserved to keep the focus on Babylon’s downfall rather than the agent, and the double negative is rendered with strong finality (“never be found again,” “never be seen anymore”) to reflect the irrevocable nature of the judgment.
Root and etymology
exestiepsilon–xi–epsilon–sigma–tau–iota
“it is permitted”
In context — Revelation 18:21
And one mighty angel lifted up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, “Thus, with a rush , Babylon the great city will be thrown down, and it will never be found again.”
About this coordinate
Revelation 18:21:24 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 24 of Revelation 18:21, so the Greek word οὐ (ou) 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.18.21.W24, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.18.21.W24.S1) and character.