τοῦ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 τοῦ

   tou

   the
2. sentence🔊 καί τις γυνὴ ὀνόματι Λυδία πορφυρόπωλις πόλεως Θυατείρων σεβομένη τὸν θεόν ἤκουεν ἧς ὁ κύριος διήνοιξεν τὴν καρδίαν προσέχειν τοῖς λαλουμένοις ὑπὸ τοῦ Παύλου

   KAI tis gy-NEE o-NO-ma-ti ly-DI-a por-phy-RO-po-lis PO-le-ōs thy-a-TEI-rōn se-bo-ME-nê ton the-ON Ê-kou-en hÊS ho KY-ree-os di-Ê-noi-ksen tên kar-DI-an pro-SE-khein tois la-lou-ME-nois hy-PO tou PAU-lou

   and a certain woman by name Lydia a seller of purple of {a} city of Thyatira worshiping the God was listening whose the Lord opened the heart to pay attention to the being spoken by the Paul

Exegesis

The infinitive prosékhein {προσέχειν | prosékhein} ‘to pay attention’ expresses the intended result of that divine action, and the dative participle lalouménois {λαλουμένοις | lalouméνοis} ‘things being spoken’ with hypó toû Paúlou {ὑπὸ τοῦ Παύλου | hypó toû Paúlou} ‘by Paul’ completes the object phrase. The English translation breaks the Greek’s compact participial and relative structures into clear clauses to preserve narrative flow and emphasize divine initiative.

Root and etymology

houtos🔊 οὗτοςomicron–upsilon–tau–omicron–sigma

“this”