Revelation 22:9:17Rev.22.9.W17TAB
τηρούντων
têrountôn
“keeping”
- Transliteration
- tê-ROU-ntôn
- Extended
- tay-ROO-n-tohn
- IPA
- /tɛːˈruːn.tɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- keeping
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
tê-ROU-ntôn
- sentence
KAI LE-gei moi HO-ra MÊ SYN-dou-LOS SOU EI-mi KAI tôn a-del-PHÔN sou tôn pro-phê-TÔN KAI tôn tê-ROU-ntôn tous LO-gous tou bi-BLI-ou TOU-tou tôi the-ÔI pro-SKY-nê-son
Exegesis
A series of genitives—tōn adelphōn sou {τῶν ἀδελφῶν σου | tōn a-del-phṓn soú} ‘your brothers’, tōn prophētōn {τῶν προφητῶν | tōn pro-phē-tṓn} ‘the prophets’, and tōn tērountōn {τῶν τηρούντων | tōn tē-roún-tṓn} ‘those who keep’—builds parallel groups united by service.
Root and etymology
omegaomega–mu–epsilon–gamma–alpha
“great O, last letter”
In context — Revelation 22:9
But he warned me, “Be careful not to do that. I am a fellow servant alongside you, your brothers the prophets, and all who observe the words of this book. Offer worship to God .”
About this coordinate
Revelation 22:9:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Revelation 22:9, so the Greek word τηρούντων (têrountôn) 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.22.9.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.22.9.W17.S1) and character.