Revelation 20:12:6Rev.20.12.W6TAB
μεγάλους
megalous
“great”
- Transliteration
- me-GA-lous
- Extended
- meh-GAH-loos
- IPA
- /meˈga.luːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- great
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
me-GA-lous
- sentence
KAI EI-don tous ne-KROUS tous me-GA-lous KAI tous mi-KROUS hes-TÔ-tas e-NÔ-pi-on tou THRO-nou KAI bi-BLI-a ê-noi-KHthê-san KAI AL-lo bi-BLI-on ê-noi-KHthê HO es-TIN tês dzô-ês KAI e-KRI-thê-san hoi ne-KROI ek tôn ge-gra-MME-nōn en tois bi-BLI-ois ka-TA ta ER-ga au-TÔN
Exegesis
The phrase tous nekrous tous megalous kai tous mikrous {τοὺς νεκρούς τοὺς μεγάλους καὶ τοὺς μικρούς | toûs ne-kroús toûs me-gá-lous kaí toûs mi-kroús} uses repeated articles with contrasting adjectives to emphasize that both high-status and low-status individuals are summoned.
In context — Revelation 20:12
And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne , and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the book of life ; and the dead were judged out of the things written in the books, according to their deeds.
About this coordinate
Revelation 20:12:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Revelation 20:12, so the Greek word μεγάλους (megalous) 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.20.12.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.20.12.W6.S1) and character.