Revelation 21:13:8Rev.21.13.W8TAB
πυλῶνες
pylones
“gates”
- Transliteration
- py-LO-nes
- Extended
- pyoo-LOH-nehss
- IPA
- /pyˈlɔː.nes/
Meaning by language
- English
- gates
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
py-LO-nes
- sentence
a-PO a-na-to-LÊS py-LO-nes TREIS KAI a-PO bor-RA py-LO-nes TREIS KAI a-PO NO-tou py-LO-nes TREIS KAI a-PO dys-MÔN py-LO-nes TREIS
Exegesis
In each clause the nominative subject pylōnes {πυλῶνες | py-lō-nes} ‘gates’ precedes the numeral treîs {τρεῖς | treîs} ‘three,’ generating a uniformly structured series.
Root and etymology
pylepi–upsilon–lambda–ēta
“gate, entrance”
In context — Revelation 21:13
From the east, three gates ; and from the north , three gates; and from the south, three gates; and from the west, three gates.
About this coordinate
Revelation 21:13:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Revelation 21:13, so the Greek word πυλῶνες (pylones) 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.21.13.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.21.13.W8.S1) and character.