Revelation 21:16:18Rev.21.16.W18TAB
καλάμῳ
kalamôi
“reed”
- Transliteration
- ka-LA-môi
- Extended
- kah-LAH-môi
- IPA
- /kaˈla.mɔi/
Meaning by language
- English
- reed
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron |
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Word in context
- word
ka-LA-môi
- sentence
KAI hê PO-lis te-TRA-go-nos KEI-tai KAI to MÊ-kos au-TÊS HO-son to PLA-tos KAI e-ME-trê-sen tên PO-lin tôi ka-LA-môi e-PI sta-DI-ous DÔ-de-ka khi-li-A-dōn to MÊ-kos KAI to PLA-tos KAI to HYP-sos au-TÊS I-sa es-TIN
Exegesis
The narrative aorist verb emetresen {ἐμέτρησεν | emétrēsen} ‘measured’ takes ten polin tō kalamō epi stadious dodeka chiliadōn {τὴν πόλιν τῷ καλάμῳ ἐπὶ σταδίους δώδεκα χιλιάδων} as its object and means, with the reed as the instrument and the compound numeral ‘twelve thousand stadia’ formed by an indeclinable numeral plus a genitive plural.
In context — Revelation 21:16
And the city lies four-square, and its length is the same as its width; and he measured the city with the reed —twelve thousand stadia . Its length and width and height are equal.
About this coordinate
Revelation 21:16:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Revelation 21:16, so the Greek word καλάμῳ (kalamôi) 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.21.16.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.21.16.W18.S1) and character.