Revelation 21:8:3Rev.21.8.W3TAB
δειλοῖς
deilois
“cowardly”
- Transliteration
- dei-LOIS
- Extended
- deh-ee-LOIS
- IPA
- /deiˈlois/
Meaning by language
- English
- cowardly
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
dei-LOIS
- sentence
tois de dei-LOIS kai a-PI-stois kai eb-de-lyg-ME-nois kai pho-NEU-si kai POR-nois kai phar-MA-kois kai ei-dō-lo-LA-trais kai PA-si tois pseu-DE-sin to ME-ros au-TŌN en tê LIM-nê tê kai-o-ME-nê py-RI kai THEI-ō ho es-TIN ho THA-na-tos ho deu-TE-ros
Exegesis
The series deilois {δειλοῖς | deiloîs} ‘cowardly ones’, apistois {ἀπίστοις | apístois} ‘unbelieving ones’, ebdelygmenois {ἐβδελυγμένοις | ebdelygménois} ‘detestable ones’, phoneusi {φονεῦσι | phoneûsi} ‘murderers’, pornois {πόρνοις | pórnois} ‘fornicators’, pharmakois {φαρμάκοις | pharmákois} ‘sorcerers’, eidololatrais {εἰδωλολάτραις | eidōlolátrais} ‘idolaters’, and pseudesin {ψευδέσιν | pseudésin} ‘liars’ functions as a dative of disadvantage, marking the recipients of the fate.
In context — Revelation 21:8
But the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable ones and murderers and fornicators and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars will have their portion in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone , which is the second death .
About this coordinate
Revelation 21:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Revelation 21:8, so the Greek word δειλοῖς (deilois) 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.21.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.21.8.W3.S1) and character.