Revelation 20:5:10Rev.20.5.W10TAB
χίλια
khilia
“thousand”
- Transliteration
- KHI-li-a
- Extended
- KHIH-lee-ah
- IPA
- /ˈkʰi.li.a/
Meaning by language
- English
- thousand
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Alphabet Analysis
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
KHI-li-a
- sentence
hoi loi-poi tôn ne-krôn ouk E-dzê-san A-khri te-le-SKHÊ ta KHI-li-a E-tê HAU-tê hê a-NA-sta-sis hê PRÔ-tê
Exegesis
In this subordinate clause, ta chilia etē {τὰ χίλια ἔτη | tà chília étē} “the thousand years” functions as the logical subject of the passive verb telesthē, with the aorist subjunctive portraying the completion of a divinely determined span of time.
Root and etymology
chilioichi–iota–lambda–iota–omicron–iota
“one thousand”
In context — Revelation 20:5
The rest of the dead did not live until the thousand years were completed . This is the first resurrection .
About this coordinate
Revelation 20:5:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Revelation 20:5, so the Greek word χίλια (khilia) 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.20.5.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.20.5.W10.S1) and character.