Revelation 20:9:26Rev.20.9.W26TAB
κατέφαγεν
katephagen
“devoured”
- Transliteration
- ka-TE-pha-gen
- Extended
- kah-TEH-phah-gehn
- IPA
- /kaˈte.pʰa.gen/
Meaning by language
- English
- devoured
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Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
ka-TE-pha-gen
- sentence
KAI a-NE-bê-san e-PI to PLA-tos tês gês KAI e-KY-kleu-san tên pa-rem-bo-LÊN tôn ha-GI-on KAI tên PO-lin tên ê-ga-pê-ME-nên KAI ka-TE-bê pyr ek tou ou-ra-NOU KAI ka-TE-pha-gen au-TOUS
Exegesis
A new finite aorist verb, katebē {κατέβη | ka-té-bē}, then shifts the focus to heavenly intervention: pyr ek tou ouranou {πῦρ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ | pŷr ek tou ouranoû} stands as the subject–prepositional phrase complex, with the following aorist katephagen {κατέφαγεν | ka-té-pha-gen} relating the immediate outcome, the fire’s act of devouring autous {αὐτούς | autoús} “them.” The tight sequence of aorists (anebēsan, ekykleusan, katebē, katephagen) depicts the assault and its abrupt reversal as a single, swift narrative movement, which the formal rendering mirrors with coordinated clauses, while the dynamic version brings out the military imagery and the totality of the destruction in more idiomatic English.
In context — Revelation 20:9
And they went up over the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, and fire came down from heaven and devoured them.
About this coordinate
Revelation 20:9:26 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 26 of Revelation 20:9, so the Greek word κατέφαγεν (katephagen) 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.20.9.W26, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.20.9.W26.S1) and character.