Revelation 18:3:16Rev.18.3.W16TAB
βασιλεῖς
basileis
“kings”
- Transliteration
- ba-si-LEIS
- Extended
- bah-sih-LEIS
- IPA
- /ba.siˈleːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- kings
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Alphabet Analysis
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| 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
ba-si-LEIS
- sentence
HO-ti ek tou OI-nou tou thy-MOU tês por-NEI-as au-TÊS PEP-to-kan PAN-ta ta ETH-nê kai hoi ba-si-LEIS tês gês met au-TÊS e-POR-neu-san kai hoi EM-po-roi tês gês ek tês dy-NA-me-ôs tou STRÊ-nous au-TÊS e-PLOU-tê-san
Exegesis
The kings of the earth (hoi basileis tēs gēs {οἱ βασιλεῖς τῆς γῆς | hoî ba-si-leîs tês gês}) are said to have eporneusan {ἐπόρνευσαν | e-pór-neu-san} ‘committed sexual immorality’ with her, extending the metaphor to political alliance, while the merchants of the earth (hoi emporoi tēs gēs {οἱ ἔμποροι τῆς γῆς | ém-po-roi tês gês}) have eploutēsan {ἐπλούτησαν | ep-lou-tē-san} ‘become rich’ by ek tēs dynameōs tou strēnous autēs {ἐκ τῆς δυνάμεως τοῦ στρήνους αὐτῆς | ek tēs dy-ná-me-ōs tou strē-nous au-tēs}, where dynameōs ‘power’ and strēnous ‘luxury’ convey the force and extravagance fueling their wealth.
In context — Revelation 18:3
Because from the wine of the wrath of her fornication, all the nations have fallen, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich from the power of her luxury .
About this coordinate
Revelation 18:3:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Revelation 18:3, so the Greek word βασιλεῖς (basileis) 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.18.3.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.18.3.W16.S1) and character.