Revelation 21:1:19Rev.21.1.W19TAB
θάλασσα
thalassa
“sea”
- Transliteration
- THA-las-sa
- Extended
- THAH-las-sah
- IPA
- /ˈtʰa.las.sa/
Meaning by language
- English
- sea
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
THA-las-sa
- sentence
KAI EI-don ou-ra-NON kai-NON KAI GÊN kai-NÊN ho GAR PRÔ-tos ou-ra-NOS KAI hê PRÔ-tê GÊ a-PÊL-than KAI hê THA-las-sa ouk ES-tin E-ti
Exegesis
The final coordinating kai {καὶ | kaí} ‘and’ leads into the clause hē thalassa ouk estin eti {ἡ θάλασσα οὐκ ἔστιν ἔτι | hē thá-las-sa ouk é-stin é-ti} ‘and the sea is not any longer’, where the present-tense description evokes a permanent absence through the negated verb ‘is not any longer’. This syntactic progression from vision-report to causal ground and then further coordinate declaration underscores the transformational character of the new creation.
Root and etymology
thalassatheta–alpha–lambda–alpha–sigma–sigma–alpha
“sea, large body of water”
In context — Revelation 21:1
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, because the former heaven and the former earth had gone away, and the sea existed no longer.
About this coordinate
Revelation 21:1:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Revelation 21:1, so the Greek word θάλασσα (thalassa) 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.21.1.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.21.1.W19.S1) and character.