Revelation 21:16:8Rev.21.16.W8TAB
μῆκος
mêkos
“length”
- Transliteration
- MÊ-kos
- Extended
- MÊ-kohs
- IPA
- /ˈmɛː.kos/
Meaning by language
- English
- length
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
MÊ-kos
- 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
A second coordination, kai to mekos autēs hoson to platos {καὶ τὸ μῆκος αὐτῆς ὅσον τὸ πλάτος | kaì tò mḗkos autês hóson tò plátos}, uses the correlative pronoun hoson with neuter nouns to assert exact equality of length and width.
The final clause, to mekos kai to platos kai to hypsos autēs isa estin {τὸ μῆκος καὶ τὸ πλάτος καὶ τὸ ὕψος αὐτῆς ἴσα ἐστίν}, repeats the article + noun pattern for each dimension, culminating in the predicative adjective isa to convey perfect uniformity. This deliberate structure underscores the imagery of a perfectly symmetrical, cube-like city.
Root and etymology
mek-mu–eta–kappa
“length, extent”
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 21:16:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Revelation 21:16, so the Greek word μῆκος (mêkos) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.21.16.W8.S1) and character.