Revelation 20:5:8Rev.20.5.W8TAB
τελεσθῇ
teleskhê
“might be finished”
- Transliteration
- te-le-SKHÊ
- Extended
- teh-leh-skhay
- IPA
- /te.leˈstʰɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- might be finished
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
te-le-SKHÊ
- 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
This clause is temporally bounded by the conjunction achri {ἄχρι | áchri} followed by the aorist passive subjunctive telesthē {τελεσθῇ | telesthḗ}, which together introduce a temporal “until” clause: “until the thousand years were completed.”
Root and etymology
telostau–epsilon–lambda–omicron–sigma
“end, completion”
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 20:5:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Revelation 20:5, so the Greek word τελεσθῇ (teleskhê) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.20.5.W8.S1) and character.