οἱ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 οἱ

   hoi

   the
2. sentence🔊 ἔπειτα ὤφθη ἐπάνω πεντακοσίοις ἀδελφοῖς ἐφάπαξ ἐξ ὧν οἱ πλείονες μένουσιν ἕως ἄρτι τινὲς δὲ ἐκοιμήθησαν

   E-pe-ta Ô-phthê e-PA-nô pen-ta-ko-SI-ois a-del-PHOIS e-PHA-paks eks hôn hoi PLEI-o-nes ME-nou-sin HE-ôs AR-ti ti-NES de e-koi-MÊ-thê-san

   then he was seen by to five hundred brothers at once of whom the more remain until now some but fell asleep

Exegesis

The relative clause introduced by ex hōn {ἐξ ὧν | ex hōn} ‘from whom’ qualifies this group, with the substantive nominative hoi pleiones {οἱ πλείονες | hoi pleí-o-nes} ‘the majority’ as subject of menousin {μένουσιν | mé-nou-sin} ‘remain’, and heōs arti {ἕως ἄρτι | hé-ōs ár-ti} ‘until now’ marking temporal limit.

Root and etymology

ἀδελφός🔊 alpha–delta–epsilon–lambda–phi–omicron–sigma

“brother”