Revelation 21:27:11Rev.21.27.W11TAB
βδέλυγμα
bdelygma
“abomination”
- Transliteration
- bDE-lyg-ma
- Extended
- bDEH-lyg-mah
- IPA
- /bˈde.lyg.ma/
Meaning by language
- English
- abomination
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Alphabet Analysis
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bDE-lyg-ma
- sentence
kai ou MÊ ei-SEL-thê eis au-TÊN PAN koi-NON kai poi-ÔN bDE-lyg-ma kai PSEU-dos ei MÊ hoi ge-graM-ME-noi en tôi bi-BLI-ôi tês zô-ÊS tou ar-NI-ou
Exegesis
The neuter pan koinon {πᾶν κοινὸν | pân koinón} functions substantively as ‘anything unclean,’ while the participial clause poiōn bdelugma kai pseudos {ποιῶν βδέλυγμα καὶ ψεῦδος | poiṓn bdélygma kai pseûdos} parallels the neuter with a nominative masculine participle ‘anyone doing abomination or falsehood,’ highlighting habitual actors.
Root and etymology
bdelussōbeta–delta–epsilon–lambda–upsilon–sigma–sigma–omicron
“to abhor, loathe”
In context — Revelation 21:27
And nothing unclean, nor anyone practicing abomination or falsehood, shall ever enter it—only those who are written in the book of life of the Lamb .
About this coordinate
Revelation 21:27:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Revelation 21:27, so the Greek word βδέλυγμα (bdelygma) 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.21.27.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.21.27.W11.S1) and character.