Revelation 21:14:5Rev.21.14.W5TAB
πόλεως
poleōs
“city”
- Transliteration
- PO-le-ōs
- Extended
- POH-leh-oos
- IPA
- /ˈpo.le.oːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- city
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
PO-le-ōs
- 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 nominative subject phrase to teichos tēs poleōs {τὸ τεῖχος τῆς πόλεως | tò teî-khos tês pó-le-ōs} 'the wall of the city' follows article–noun–genitive order.
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 21:14:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Revelation 21:14, so the Greek word πόλεως (poleōs) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.21.14.W5.S1) and character.