Revelation 21:10:19Rev.21.10.W19TAB
καταβαίνουσαν
katabainousan
“coming down”
- Transliteration
- ka-ta-BAI-nou-san
- Extended
- kah-tah-BAI-noo-sahn
- IPA
- /ka.taˈbai̯.nuː.san/
Meaning by language
- English
- coming down
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
ka-ta-BAI-nou-san
- sentence
KAI a-PÊ-nen-KEN me en PNEU-ma-ti e-PI O-ros ME-ga KAI hy-psê-LON KAI E-dei-KSEN MOI tên PO-lin tên ha-GI-an ie-rou-sa-LÊM ka-ta-BAI-nou-san ek tou ou-ra-NOU a-PO tou the-OU
Exegesis
The participle katabainousan {καταβαίνουσαν | ka-ta-baí-nou-san} qualitatively describes the city as “descending,” and the paired prepositions ek and apó link its origin first to heaven (ouranou {οὐρανοῦ | ou-ra-noû}) and then to God (theou {θεοῦ | the-oû}), underlining both the heavenly locus and divine source of the vision.
In context — Revelation 21:10
And he conveyed me in the Spirit onto a lofty and expansive mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God .
About this coordinate
Revelation 21:10:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Revelation 21:10, so the Greek word καταβαίνουσαν (katabainousan) 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.21.10.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.21.10.W19.S1) and character.