Revelation 22:5:13Rev.22.5.W13TAB

φῶς

phôs

light

Transliteration
PHÔS
Extended
pʰôhs
IPA
/pʰɔːs/

Meaning by language

English
light

Alphabet Analysis

Phiph — as in phone (f)
Omegao — same as omicron
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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Word in context

  1. word

    PHÔS

  2. sentence

    KAI NYKS ouk ES-tai E-ti KAI ouk E-khou-sin KʰREI-an phô-TOS LYKH-nou KAI PHÔS hê-LI-ou HO-ti KY-ree-os ho the-OS phô-TI-sei ep au-TOUS KAI ba-si-LEU-sou-sin eis tous ai-Ô-nas tôn ai-Ó-nōn

Exegesis

The object phrase chreian phōtos lychnou kai phōs hēliou {χρείαν φωτὸς λύχνου καὶ φῶς ἡλίου | khreían phō-tòs lýkh-nou kaí phôs hē-lí-ou} specifies all ordinary sources of illumination—lamp light and sunlight—so that the exclusion is comprehensive.

Root and etymology

phōt-phi–omega–tau

light, brightness

In contextRevelation 22:5

And night will not be any longer, and they will not have need of the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will illumine them, and they will reign for the ages of the ages.

About this coordinate

Revelation 22:5:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Revelation 22:5, so the Greek word φῶς (phôs) 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.22.5.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.22.5.W13.S1) and character.