Revelation 20:1:14Rev.20.1.W14TAB
ἅλυσιν
halysin
“a chain”
- Transliteration
- HA-ly-sin
- Extended
- HAH-lyoo-sihn
- IPA
- /ˈha.ly.sin/
Meaning by language
- English
- a chain
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
HA-ly-sin
- sentence
kai EI-don AN-ge-lon ka-ta-BAI-non-ta ek tou ou-ra-NOU E-khon-ta tên KLEIN tês a-BYSS-ou kai HA-ly-sin me-GA-lên e-PI tên KHEI-ra au-TOU
Exegesis
A second participial phrase, echonta {ἔχοντα | é-khon-ta}, continues to describe the same angel and governs two coordinated accusative objects: ten klein tēs abyssou {τὴν κλεῖν τῆς ἀβύσσου | tḕn kleîn tês a-býs-sou} “the key of the abyss” and halysin megalen {ἅλυσιν μεγάλην | há-ly-sin me-gá-lēn} “a great chain.” The genitive tēs abyssou functions as an objective genitive, specifying what the key pertains to.
Root and etymology
halysiseta–lambda–upsilon–sigma–iota–sigma
“to bind, chain,”
In context — Revelation 20:1
And I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.
About this coordinate
Revelation 20:1:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Revelation 20:1, so the Greek word ἅλυσιν (halysin) 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.20.1.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.20.1.W14.S1) and character.