Revelation 21:6:22Rev.21.6.W22TAB
πηγῆς
pêgês
“spring”
- Transliteration
- pê-GÊS
- Extended
- peh-GAYS
- IPA
- /pɛːˈgɛːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- spring
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
pê-GÊS
- 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
peg-pi–eta–gamma
“spring, welling source”
In context — Revelation 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 21:6:22 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 22 of Revelation 21:6, so the Greek word πηγῆς (pêgês) 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.W22, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.21.6.W22.S1) and character.