Revelation 21:11:9Rev.21.11.W9TAB
ὅμοιος
homoios
“like”
- Transliteration
- HO-moi-os
- Extended
- HOH-moi-ohs
- IPA
- /ˈho.moi.os/
Meaning by language
- English
- like
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
HO-moi-os
- sentence
E-khou-san tên DO-ksan tou the-OU ho phô-STÊR au-TÊS HO-moi-os LI-thô ti-mi-ô-TA-tô hôs LI-thô i-AS-pi-di kry-stal-LI-dzon-ti
Exegesis
The comparative structure homoios lithō timiotatō {ὅμοιος λίθῳ τιμιωτάτῳ | hó-moi-os lí-thō ti-mi-ō-tá-tō} ‘like a most precious stone’ uses homoios with a dative complement to express likeness.
In context — Revelation 21:11
Having the glory of God , her brilliance was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone , shining like crystal.
About this coordinate
Revelation 21:11:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Revelation 21:11, so the Greek word ὅμοιος (homoios) 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.21.11.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.21.11.W9.S1) and character.