Revelation 21:2:3Rev.21.2.W3TAB

πόλιν

polin

city

Transliteration
PO-lin
Extended
POH-lihn
IPA
/ˈpo.lin/

Meaning by language

English
city

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Result
πό + λιν
po + lin
polin

Alphabet Analysis

Pip — as in pet
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Lambdal — as in law
Iotai — as in machine
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    PO-lin

  2. sentence

    KAI tên PO-lin tên ha-GI-an ie-rou-sa-LÊM kai-NÊN EI-don ka-ta-BAI-nou-san ek tou ou-ra-NOU a-PO tou the-OU hê-toi-mas-ME-nên hôs NYM-phên ke-kos-mê-ME-nên tôi an-DRI au-TÊS

Exegesis

The verse opens with the fronted accusative cluster tḕn pólin tḕn hagían Ierousalēm kainḕn {τὴν πόλιν τὴν ἁγίαν Ἰερουσαλὴμ καινὴν | tḕn pólin tḕn hagían Ierousalēm kainḕn} “the holy city, the new Jerusalem,” where the repeated definite article with descriptive adjectives in apposition emphasizes the city’s unified, sacred identity.

In contextRevelation 21:2

And I saw the holy city—the new Jerusalem—coming down from God out of heaven, made ready like a bride arrayed for her husband.

About this coordinate

Revelation 21:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Revelation 21:2, so the Greek word πόλιν (polin) 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.21.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.21.2.W3.S1) and character.