Revelation 21:17:8Rev.21.17.W8TAB
τεσσάρων
tessarôn
“four”
- Transliteration
- tes-SA-rôn
- Extended
- tehs-SA-rohn
- IPA
- /tesˈsa.rɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- four
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
tes-SA-rôn
- sentence
KAI e-ME-trê-sen to TEI-khos au-TÊS he-ka-TON tes-se-RA-kon-ta tes-SA-rôn pê-KHÔN ME-tron an-THRÔ-pou HO ES-tin an-GE-lou
Exegesis
Cardinal numerals hekaton {ἑκατὸν | he-ka-tón} ‘one hundred’, tesserakonta {τεσσεράκοντα | te-sse-rá-kon-ta} ‘forty’, and tessarōn {τεσσάρων | tes-sá-rōn} ‘of four’ combine additively to yield 144.
In context — Revelation 21:17
And he measured its wall : one hundred forty-four cubits, by the measure of a man, which is also that of an angel .
About this coordinate
Revelation 21:17:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Revelation 21:17, so the Greek word τεσσάρων (tessarôn) 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.21.17.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.21.17.W8.S1) and character.