τούτου· (toutou) in Revelation 22:9: Genitive Singular Neuter
τούτου· (toutou) in Revelation 22:9
Textual Witness
The witness reads τούτου after τοῦ βιβλίου in Revelation 22:9, so the form directly follows and qualifies that noun phrase.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
The form strengthens the particularity of the phrase, so the hearer knows the words belong to this book rather than books in general.
How To Communicate It
In translation and teaching, render the sense naturally as this book or of this book, while keeping the focus on the immediate context.
What Not To Say
- Grammatical form should serve context, not override it.
- Neuter gender here is grammatical only and does not create a theological gender claim.
- If syntax is uncertain, state only the conservative function that the form clearly supports.
What Does The Label Mean?
Pronoun: the word points back to a previously mentioned noun or idea rather than naming it again.
Genitive: the form usually shows a relationship of reference, possession, or close association in the clause.
Singular: the form is grammatically singular here, so it refers to one book or one described item.
Neuter: the form belongs to the neuter grammatical class, which by itself does not make a theological gender claim.
What The Form Does In This Verse
It follows τοῦ βιβλίου and completes the phrase τοῦ βιβλίου τούτου.
It is governed by the genitive structure of the noun phrase and identifies which book is meant, namely this book.
It functions as a demonstrative modifier that narrows the reference to the specific book in view.
It does not introduce a new subject, and it does not shift the meaning of βιβλίου into another lemma or concept.
How Much The Form Matters Here
High: The genitive demonstrative specifies this book in a warning and worship context near the close of Revelation.
Genitive demonstrative modifying the book phrase. narrows the reference to this book and its words. Attached to τοῦ βιβλίου. Governed by the genitive noun phrase τοῦ βιβλίου τούτου. The form specifies the book in view without making the demonstrative carry the whole warning context.
Which book is being referenced? The demonstrative points to this book, the one under discussion in the verse.
Direct: The form directly supports wording such as this book or of this book.
The demonstrative specifies reference; the worship warning and servant language come from the surrounding clause. Neuter gender agrees with book language and is not a theological signal.
Demonstrative form carries the whole warning: The form specifies this book; the sentence supplies the warning and worship context.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
The witness reads τούτου after τοῦ βιβλίου in Revelation 22:9, so the form directly follows and qualifies that noun phrase.
The lexeme οὗτος commonly means this, and here its genitive singular neuter form points back to the immediate book reference.
In context, the genitive form helps specify the words of the book as belonging to this very book, not a different one.
The sentence contrasts reverence due to God with the status of the speaker as a fellow servant, and this form keeps attention on the present book's words.
Across Scripture, demonstratives commonly mark nearness or immediacy, and here the form fits the local emphasis on the book being read.
For readers and hearers, the grammar makes the reference concrete: the words are those of this book, the one in hand or under review.
Do not infer theological weight from neuter gender, and do not press the case form beyond its local role of specifying reference.