Revelation 18:8:14Rev.18.8.W14TAB
λιμός
limos
“famine”
- Transliteration
- li-MOS
- Extended
- lih-MOHS
- IPA
- /liˈmos/
Meaning by language
- English
- famine
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
li-MOS
- sentence
di-A TOU-to en mi-AI hê-ME-ra HÊK-sou-sin hai plê-GAI au-TÊS THA-na-tos kai PEN-thos kai li-MOS kai en py-RI ka-ta-kau-THÊ-se-tai HO-ti is-khy-ROS KY-ree-os ho the-OS ho KRI-nas au-TÊN
Exegesis
The coordinated series thanatos kai penthos kai limos {θάνατος καὶ πένθος καὶ λιμός | thá-na-tos kaí pén-thos kaí li-mós} enumerates ‘death, mourning, and famine’, with repeated kai pacing the sense of relentless affliction.
In context — Revelation 18:8
For this reason, in one day her plagues will come—death, and mourning, and famine—and she will be burned up with fire, for mighty is the Lord God who has judged her.
About this coordinate
Revelation 18:8:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Revelation 18:8, so the Greek word λιμός (limos) 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.18.8.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.18.8.W14.S1) and character.