Revelation 18:21:3Rev.18.21.W3TAB
εἷς
heis
“one”
- Transliteration
- HEIS
- Extended
- heis
- IPA
- /heis/
Meaning by language
- English
- one
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
HEIS
- 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 subject phrase heis angelos ischyros {εἷς ἄγγελος ἰσχυρὸς | heis án-ge-los is-chy-rós} ‘one mighty angel’ foregrounds a single, powerful heavenly agent.
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 18:21:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Revelation 18:21, so the Greek word εἷς (heis) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.18.21.W3.S1) and character.