Revelation 20:2:3Rev.20.2.W3TAB

τὸν

ton

the

Transliteration
ton
Extended
tohn
IPA
/ton/

Meaning by language

English
the

Alphabet Analysis

Taut — as in top
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    ton

  2. sentence

    KAI e-KRA-tê-sen ton DRA-kon-ta ho O-phis ho ar-KHAI-os hos ES-tin di-A-bo-los KAI ho sa-ta-NAS KAI E-dê-sen au-TON KHI-li-a E-tê

Exegesis

The main narrative verb ekratesen {ἐκράτησεν | ekrátēsen} “he seized” introduces the decisive action, followed by its object in an expanded noun phrase: ton drakonta {τὸν δράκοντα | tòn drákonta} “the dragon,” further identified appositionally by ho ophis {ὁ ὄφις | ho óphis} “the serpent” and ho archaios {ὁ ἀρχαῖος | ho archaîos} “the ancient one.” These repeated articles and appositional nouns stack titles for the same being, heightening the sense of a well-known, long-standing enemy.

In contextRevelation 20:2

And he seized the dragon, the serpent , the ancient one, who is the Devil and Satan, and he bound him for a thousand years.

About this coordinate

Revelation 20:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Revelation 20:2, so the Greek word τὸν (ton) 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.20.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.20.2.W3.S1) and character.