Revelation 21:23:3Rev.21.23.W3TAB
πόλις
polis
“city”
- Transliteration
- PO-lis
- Extended
- POH-lihs
- IPA
- /ˈpo.lis/
Meaning by language
- English
- city
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
PO-lis
- sentence
KAI hê PO-lis ou KʰREI-an E-kʰei tou hê-LI-ou ou-DE tês se-LÊ-nês HI-na PHAI-nō-sin au-TÊ hê GAR DO-ksa tou the-OU e-PHŌ-ti-sen au-TÊN KAI ho LY-kʰnos au-TÊS to ar-NI-on
Exegesis
The verse begins with the coordinate kai {καί | kaí} “and” introducing the fronted subject hē polis {ἡ πόλις | hē pó-lis} “the city,” followed by the negated noun chreian {χρείαν | chreí-an} “need” and the verb echei {ἔχει | é-khei} “has,” yielding “the city has no need.”
Root and etymology
pol-pi–omicron–lambda
“city, community”
In context — Revelation 21:23
And the city has no need of the sun or the moon to shine upon it, because the glory of God has bestowed its light upon it, and the Lamb is its lamp.
About this coordinate
Revelation 21:23:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Revelation 21:23, so the Greek word πόλις (polis) 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.21.23.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.21.23.W3.S1) and character.