Revelation 22:5:9Rev.22.5.W9TAB
χρείαν
kʰreian
“need”
- Transliteration
- KʰREI-an
- Extended
- kʰrei-AHN
- IPA
- /ˈkʰrei.an/
Meaning by language
- English
- need
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Alphabet Analysis
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
KʰREI-an
- 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
A second coordinated clause, kai ouk echousin chreian {καὶ οὐκ ἔχουσιν χρείαν | kaí ouk ékhousin khreían}, adds that the inhabitants “do not have need,” shifting from cosmic conditions to human experience.
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.
In context — Revelation 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 22:5:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Revelation 22:5, so the Greek word χρείαν (kʰreian) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.22.5.W9.S1) and character.