Revelation 18:23:34Rev.18.23.W34TAB

σου

sou

your

Transliteration
sou
Extended
soo
IPA
/suː/

Meaning by language

English
your

Alphabet Analysis

Sigmas — as in sit
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Upsiloni — as in machine

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Word in context

  1. word

    sou

  2. sentence

    KAI PHÔS LYKH-nou ou MÊ PHA-nê en soi E-ti KAI phō-NÊ nym-PHI-ou KAI NYM-phēs ou MÊ a-kou-STHÊ en soi E-ti HO-ti hoi EM-po-ROI sou Ê-san hoi me-gis-TA-nes tês gês HO-ti en têi phar-ma-KEI-ai sou e-pla-NÊ-thê-san PAN-ta ta E-thnê

Exegesis

The first hoti-clause, hoti hoi emporoi sou esan hoi megistanes tēs gēs {ὅτι οἱ ἔμποροί σου ἦσαν οἱ μεγιστᾶνες τῆς γῆς | hóti hoi émporoi sou êsan hoi megistânes tês gēs}, presents a nominal sentence where the subject “your merchants” is equated with “the great ones of the earth,” highlighting their exalted status within the global order.

The second hoti-clause, hoti en te pharmakeia sou eplanethesan panta ta ethne {ὅτι ἐν τῇ φαρμακείᾳ σου ἐπλανήθησαν πάντα τὰ ἔθνη | hóti en tê pharmakeía sou eplanḗthēsan pánta ta éthnē}, uses a prepositional phrase with en to mark means or instrument (“by your sorcery”), while the passive verb eplanethesan ‘were led astray’ portrays the nations as victims of wide-ranging deception. The universal scope is underscored by panta ta ethne ‘all the nations’. In translation, the two ou me clauses are rendered with “will never” / “will no longer” to capture the definitive nature of the judgment, and the paired hoti clauses are preserved as sequential “because” statements to keep the explanatory logic explicit.

In contextRevelation 18:23

And the light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voice of the bridegroom and the bride will never be heard in you again, because your merchants were the great ones of the earth, and because by your sorcery all the nations were led astray.

About this coordinate

Revelation 18:23:34 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 34 of Revelation 18:23, so the Greek word σου (sou) 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.18.23.W34, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.18.23.W34.S1) and character.