Revelation 22:17:11Rev.22.17.W11TAB
ἀκούων
akouōn
“hearing”
- Transliteration
- a-KOU-ōn
- Extended
- ah-KOO-ohn
- IPA
- /aˈku.oːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- hearing
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
a-KOU-ōn
- sentence
KAI to PNEU-ma KAI hê NYM-phê LE-goo-sin ER-khou KAI ho a-KOU-ōn ei-PA-tō ER-khou KAI ho dip-SŌN er-KHES-thō ho THE-lōn la-BE-tō HY-dōr dzō-ÊS dō-re-AN
Exegesis
Each subsequent clause pairs a substantival participle—ho akouōn {ὁ ἀκούων | ho a-koú-ōn} ‘the one who hears’, ho dipsōn {ὁ διψῶν | ho dip-sôn} ‘the one who thirsts’, ho thelōn {ὁ θέλων | ho thé-lōn} ‘the one who desires’—with an imperative: eipatō {εἰπάτω | ei-pá-tō} ‘let him say’, erchesthō {ἐρχέσθω | er-chés-thō} ‘let him come’, labetō {λα-bé-tō} ‘let him take’.
Root and etymology
akouōalpha–kappa–omicron–upsilon–omega
“to hear, listen”
In context — Revelation 22:17
And the Spirit and the Bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who thirsts come. Let the one who desires take the water of life freely.
About this coordinate
Revelation 22:17:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Revelation 22:17, so the Greek word ἀκούων (akouōn) 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.22.17.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.22.17.W11.S1) and character.