Revelation 20:8:24Rev.20.8.W24TAB
ἀριθμὸς
arithmos
“number”
- Transliteration
- a-rith-MOS
- Extended
- ah-rihth-MOHS
- IPA
- /a.ritʰˈmos/
Meaning by language
- English
- number
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
a-rith-MOS
- sentence
KAI ek-se-LEU-se-tai pla-NÊ-sai ta E-thnê ta en tais TEs-sar-si gô-NI-ais tês gês ton GÔG KAI ma-GÔG sy-na-ga-GEIN au-TOUS eis ton PO-le-mon hôn ho a-rith-MOS au-TÔN hôs hê AM-mos tês tha-LAS-sês
Exegesis
The relative clause hōn ho arithmos autōn hōs hē ammos tēs thalassēs {ὧν ὁ ἀριθμὸς αὐτῶν ὡς ἡ ἄμμος τῆς θαλάσσης | hōn ho a-ri-thmós autôn hōs hē ám-mos tês tha-lás-sēs} modifies “the nations,” with hōn referring back to them, and presents a nominal clause in which ho arithmos is the subject and the simile with hōs introduces the comparison “like the sand of the sea.” In translation, the Greek infinitival chain is rendered with clear purpose clauses (“to deceive,” “to gather”) and the appositional Gog and Magog is retained in place to preserve the rhetorical force, while the relative clause is converted into a separate but closely linked clause for readability.
In context — Revelation 20:8
And he will go out to deceive the nations that are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for war; their number is like the sand of the sea.
About this coordinate
Revelation 20:8:24 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 24 of Revelation 20:8, so the Greek word ἀριθμὸς (arithmos) 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.20.8.W24, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.20.8.W24.S1) and character.