Revelation 20:10:12Rev.20.10.W12TAB
πυρὸς
pyros
“fire”
- Transliteration
- py-ROS
- Extended
- pyoo-ROHS
- IPA
- /pyˈros/
Meaning by language
- English
- fire
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
py-ROS
- sentence
KAI ho di-A-bo-los ho pla-NÔN au-TOUS e-BLÊ-thê eis tên LIM-nên tou py-ROS KAI THEI-ou HO-pou KAI to thê-RI-on KAI ho pseu-do-pro-PHÊ-tês KAI ba-sa-ni-sthê-SO(n)-tai hê-ME-ras KAI nyk-TOS eis tous ai-Ô-nas tôn ai-Ô-nōn
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase eis ten limnen tou puros kai theiou {εἰς τὴν λίμνην τοῦ πυρὸς καὶ θείου | eis tḕn lím-nēn toû pyròs kaì theí-ou} specifies the destination, using a genitive construction to describe the lake as characterized by “fire and sulfur,” an established image of eschatological judgment.
Root and etymology
pyrpi–upsilon–rho
“fire, blazing heat”
In context — Revelation 20:10
And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where also the beast and the false prophet are, and they will be tormented day and night for ever and ever .
About this coordinate
Revelation 20:10:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Revelation 20:10, so the Greek word πυρὸς (pyros) 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.20.10.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.20.10.W12.S1) and character.