Revelation 21:1:8Rev.21.1.W8TAB
ὁ
ho
“the”
- Transliteration
- ho
- Extended
- hoh
- IPA
- /ho/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) |
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Word in context
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ho
- 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
In the causal clause introduced by gar {γὰρ | gàr} ‘for’, the articles ho and hē identify the compound subject ho protos ouranos {ὁ πρῶτος οὐρανὸς | ho prō-tos oura-nos} ‘the first heaven’ and hē protē gē {ἡ πρώτη γῆ | hē prṓ-tē gḗ} ‘the first earth’, with the aorist plural verb apêlthan {ἀπῆλθαν | apêl-than} ‘they went away’ signifying the definitive departure of the original creation.
Root and etymology
kainoskappa–alpha–iota–nu–omicron–sigma
“new, fresh”
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 21:1:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Revelation 21:1, so the Greek word ὁ (ho) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.21.1.W8.S1) and character.