Revelation 20:3:27Rev.20.3.W27TAB
λυθῆναι
lythênai
“to be released”
- Transliteration
- ly-THÊ-nai
- Extended
- lü-THÊ-nai
- IPA
- /lyˈtʰɛː.nai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to be released
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
ly-THÊ-nai
- sentence
KAI E-ba-len au-TON eis tên A-bys-son KAI E-klei-sen KAI es-PHRA-gi-sen e-PA-nô au-TOU HI-na mê pla-NÊ-sêi E-ti ta E-thnê A-khri te-les-THÊI ta KHI-li-a E-tê me-TA TAU-ta DEI ly-THÊ-nai au-TON mi-KRON KHRON-on
Exegesis
The impersonal dei {δεῖ | deî} “it is necessary” plus the aorist passive infinitive luthēnai {λυθῆναι | lu-thḗ-nai} “to be released” expresses divine or prophetic necessity, followed by mikron chronon {μικρὸν χρόνον | mi-krón khró-non}, an accusative of duration indicating the limited time of this release. The English renderings preserve the Greek clause relationships: the hina clause as explicit purpose, the achri phrase as a temporal boundary, and meta tauta with dei as the next mandated development in the narrative sequence.
In context — Revelation 20:3
And he threw him into the abyss and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he would not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years are fulfilled. After these things, he must be released for a short time .
About this coordinate
Revelation 20:3:27 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 27 of Revelation 20:3, so the Greek word λυθῆναι (lythênai) 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.20.3.W27, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.20.3.W27.S1) and character.