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Revelationapokalypsis — biblical meaning
ἀποκάλυψις (apokalypsis)
Transliteration
apokalypsis
Pronunciation
a-po-KA-lyp-sis
MEANING
Revelation; unveiling
ROOT
ἀπό (apo) + καλύπτω (kalyptō)
ETYMOLOGY
From apo, 'away from,' and kalyptō, 'to cover': literally removing a covering. It means revelation, not destruction.
BIBLICAL USE
The title of the Bible's last book and a word for any divine disclosure.
RELATED VERSES
Revelation 1:1Galatians 1:12Ephesians 1:17
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