Revelation 21:6:20Rev.21.6.W20TAB

ἐκ

ek

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Transliteration
ek
Extended
ehk
IPA
/ek/

Meaning by language

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Alphabet Analysis

Epsilone — as in met (short)
Kappak — as in kite

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Word in context

  1. word

    ek

  2. sentence

    kai ei-PEN moi GE-go-nan e-GÔ to AL-pha kai to Ô hê ar-KHÊ kai to TE-los e-GÔ tôi dip-SÔN-ti DÔ-sô ek tês pê-GÊS tou HY-da-tos tês dzô-ÊS dô-re-AN

Exegesis

The source is specified by ek tes peges {ἐκ τῆς πηγῆς | ek tês pē-gēs} ‘from the spring’, with the genitive chain tou hydatos tes zoes {τοῦ ὕδατος τῆς ζωῆς | toû hý-da-tos tês zō-ēs} ‘of the water of life’, linking the life-giving metaphor to water imagery.

Root and etymology

kosmeōkos-mé-ō

to arrange, adorn

In contextRevelation 21:6

And He said to me, “It has come to pass. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the one who thirsts, I will give from the spring of the water of life as a gift .”

About this coordinate

Revelation 21:6:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Revelation 21:6, so the Greek word ἐκ (ek) 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.21.6.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.21.6.W20.S1) and character.