Revelation 21:1:2Rev.21.1.W2TAB
εἶδον
eidon
“I saw”
- Transliteration
- EI-don
- Extended
- ei-dohn
- IPA
- /ˈiː.don/
Meaning by language
- English
- I saw
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
EI-don
- 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 aorist verb eidon {εἶδον | eî-don} ‘I saw’ marks the onset of the vision clause.
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 21:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Revelation 21:1, so the Greek word εἶδον (eidon) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.21.1.W2.S1) and character.