Revelation 18:3:8Rev.18.3.W8TAB
πορνείας
porneias
“sexual immorality”
- Transliteration
- por-NEI-as
- Extended
- por-NEI-ahs
- IPA
- /porˈnei.as/
Meaning by language
- English
- sexual immorality
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
por-NEI-as
- 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 genitive chain ek tou oinou tou thymou tēs porneias autēs {ἐκ τοῦ οἴνου τοῦ θυμοῦ τῆς πορνείας αὐτῆς | ek tou oí-nou tou thy-moû tēs por-neí-as au-tēs} layers metaphors: oinou ‘wine’ as the intoxicating medium, modified by thymou ‘wrath’ indicating divine judgment, and tēs porneias autēs ‘of her fornication’ specifying the source of that wrath.
Root and etymology
Rootpo-r-ne-u-ō
“to engage in illicit sexual relations”
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 18:3:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Revelation 18:3, so the Greek word πορνείας (porneias) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.18.3.W8.S1) and character.