Revelation 21:14:15Rev.21.14.W15TAB
δώδεκα
dodeka
“twelve”
- Transliteration
- DO-de-ka
- Extended
- DOH-deh-kah
- IPA
- /ˈdɔː.de.ka/
Meaning by language
- English
- twelve
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Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
DO-de-ka
- sentence
KAI to TEI-khos tês PO-le-ōs E-khōn the-me-LI-ous DO-de-ka KAI ep au-TÔN DO-de-ka o-NO-ma-ta tôn DO-de-ka a-po-STO-lōn tou ar-NI-ou
Exegesis
The participle echōn {ἔχων | é-khōn} 'having' agrees with teichos and introduces a participial clause specifying possession of twelve foundations (themelious dōdeka {θεμελίους δώδεκα | the-me-lí-ous dṓ-de-ka} 'twelve foundations').
The second kai {καί | kaí} 'and' coordinates an additional clause: the prepositional phrase ep autōn {ἐπʼ αὐτῶν | ep au-tôn} 'upon them' identifies the locus for twelve names (dōdeka onomata {δώδεκα ὀνόματα | dṓ-de-ka o-nó-ma-ta} 'twelve names').
A genitive chain ton dōdeka apóstolōn {τῶν δώδεκα ἀποστόλων | tôn dṓ-de-ka a-pos-tó-lōn} 'of the twelve apostles' modifies onomata, while the dependent genitive tou arnīou {τοῦ ἀρνίου | toû ar-ní-ou} 'of the Lamb' specifies ownership and Christological identity. The repetition of dōdeka underscores symbolic completeness, and the English preserves this parallelism while rendering the genitives with 'of' and possessive forms.
In context — Revelation 21:14
And the wall of the city had twelve foundations , and on them were twelve names—the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb .
About this coordinate
Revelation 21:14:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Revelation 21:14, so the Greek word δώδεκα (dodeka) 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.21.14.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.21.14.W15.S1) and character.