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Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ὁ

   ho

   the
2. sentence🔊 ὁ πρῶτος ἄνθρωπος ἐκ γῆς χοϊκός ὁ δεύτερος ἄνθρωπος ἐξ οὐρανοῦ

   ho PRO-tos AN-thrô-pos ek gês kho-i-KOS ho DEU-te-ros AN-thrô-pos eks ou-ra-NOU

   the first man from earth dusty the second man from heaven

Exegesis

The first noun phrase, ho protos anthropos {ὁ πρῶτος ἄνθρωπος | ho prō-tos án-thrō-pos} “the first man,” is introduced by the prepositional phrase ek gēs khoikos {ἐκ γῆς χοϊκός | ek gēs kho-i-kós}, where the genitive gēs indicates origin “from earth” and the adjective khoikos underscores composition “earthly, made of dust.” Greek omits an explicit verb; English supplies “was.”

The second noun phrase, ho deuteros anthropos {ὁ δεύτερος ἄνθρωπος | ho deú-te-ros án-thrō-pos} “the second man,” is similarly qualified by ex ouranou {ἐξ οὐρανοῦ | ex ou-ra-noû} “from heaven,” with ex as the vowel-enhanced form of ek. The repetition of the structure—definite article plus ordinal plus noun plus prepositional qualifier—creates a deliberate contrast between earthly and heavenly origins.

Root and etymology

aner🔊 ἀνήρalpha–nu–ēta–rho

“adult man, human being”

• 🔊 ἀνθρώπινοςalpha–nu–theta–rho–ō-micron–pi–iota–nu–omicron–sigmahuman, belonging to humans1 Corinthians 2:13