Revelation 20:15:8Rev.20.15.W8TAB
βίβλῳ
biblôi
“book”
- Transliteration
- BIB-lôi
- Extended
- BIHB-loy
- IPA
- /ˈbib.lɔːi/
Meaning by language
- English
- book
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Alphabet Analysis
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron |
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The word
Word in context
- word
BIB-lôi
- sentence
KAI EI TIS OUKH heu-RE-thê en têi BIB-lôi tês dzô-ÊS ge-gra-MME-nos e-BLÊ-thê eis tên LIM-nên tou py-ROS
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase en tē biblō tēs zōēs {ἐν τῇ βίβλῳ τῆς ζωῆς | en tē bíblō tēs zōēs} ‘in the book of life’ identifies the decisive criterion, with the genitive tēs zōēs specifying the book’s defining content.
Root and etymology
biblosbeta–iota–beta–lambda–omicron–sigma
“book, written document”
In context — Revelation 20:15
And if anyone was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire .
About this coordinate
Revelation 20:15:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Revelation 20:15, so the Greek word βίβλῳ (biblôi) 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.20.15.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.20.15.W8.S1) and character.