Revelation 21:15:16Rev.21.15.W16TAB
πυλῶνας
pyloonas
“gates”
- Transliteration
- py-LOO-nas
- Extended
- py-LOO-nahs
- IPA
- /pyˈloː.nas/
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 | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
py-LOO-nas
- sentence
KAI ho la-LOON met e-MOU EI-khen ME-tron KA-la-mon khry-SOUN HI-na me-TRÊ-sêi tên PO-lin KAI tous py-LOO-nas au-TÊS KAI to TEI-khos au-TÊS
Exegesis
This verb takes three coordinated accusative objects—tēn pólin {τὴν πόλιν | tḕn pó-lin}, tous pylōnas autēs {τοὺς πυλῶνας αὐτῆς | toús py-lô-nas autês}, and to teichos autēs {τὸ τεῖχος αὐτῆς | tò tei-chos autês}—each referring back to the same city via autēs. The asyndetic series underscores a comprehensive survey, and the English rendering preserves this parallelism.
Root and etymology
pylepi–upsilon–lambda–eta
“gate, entrance”
In context — Revelation 21:15
And the one speaking with me had a golden measuring reed , in order to measure the city , its gates, and its wall.
About this coordinate
Revelation 21:15:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Revelation 21:15, so the Greek word πυλῶνας (pyloonas) 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.21.15.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.21.15.W16.S1) and character.