Revelation 19:17:16Rev.19.17.W16TAB
ὀρνέοις
orneois
“birds”
- Transliteration
- or-NE-ois
- Extended
- ohr-NEH-ois
- IPA
- /orˈne.ois/
Meaning by language
- English
- birds
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Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
or-NE-ois
- sentence
kai EI-don HE-na AN-ge-lon he-STÔ-ta en tôi hê-LI-ōi kai E-kra-ksen phō-NÊ me-GA-lê LE-gōn PÂ-si tois or-NE-ois tois pe-to-ME-nois en me-sou-ra-NÊ-ma-ti DEU-te sy-NA-khthē-te eis to DEIP-non to ME-ga tou the-OU
Exegesis
The indirect object of the address is expressed by the expanded dative phrase pasi tois orneois tois petomenois {πᾶσι τοῖς ὀρνέοις τοῖς πετομένοις | pâ-si toîs or-né-ois toîs pe-to-mé-nois}, where the adjective pasi ‘to all’ universalizes the group, and the repeated article–participle structure specifies them as “the birds, the ones flying,” likely indicating carrion birds currently in flight.
In context — Revelation 19:17
And I saw one angel standing in the sun, and he cried out with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that are flying in midheaven, “Come, be gathered to the great supper of God .”
About this coordinate
Revelation 19:17:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Revelation 19:17, so the Greek word ὀρνέοις (orneois) 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.19.17.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.19.17.W16.S1) and character.