ὑπῆρχεν

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ὑπῆρχεν

   hy-PÊR-khen

   was
2. sentence🔊 τοῦτον ἠθέλησεν ὁ Παῦλος σὺν αὐτῷ ἐξελθεῖν καὶ λαβὼν περιέτεμεν αὐτὸν διὰ τοὺς Ἰουδαίους τοὺς ὄντας ἐν τοῖς τόποις ἐκείνοις ᾔδεισαν γὰρ ἅπαντες ὅτι Ἕλλην ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ ὑπῆρχεν

   TOU-ton ê-THE-lê-sen ho PAU-los syn au-TOI ek-sel-THEIN KAI la-BŌN pe-ri-E-te-men au-TON di-A tous i-ou-da-I-ous tous ON-tas en tois TO-pois e-KEI-nois ÊI-dei-san gar HA-pan-tes HO-ti HEl-lên ho pa-TÊR au-TOU hy-PÊR-khen

   this one wanted the Paul with to him to go out and having taken he circumcised him because of the Jews the being in the places those they knew for all that a Greek the father of him was

Exegesis

The explanatory conjunction gar {γὰρ | gar} “for” introduces ēdeisan gar hapantes hoti Hellēn ho patēr autou hypērchen {ᾔδεισαν γὰρ ἅπαντες ὅτι Ἕλλην ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ ὑπῆρχεν | Ē-dei-san gar HÁ-pan-tes HÓ-ti HÉl-lēn ho pa-TĒr au-TOû hy-PĒR-chen}, clarifying that “they all knew that his father was Greek.” Here hapantes is the subject of ēdeisan, and the content clause introduced by hoti presents the predicate nominative Hellēn linked by hypērchen, emphasizing Timothy’s ethnic background. In translation, the sequence of actions is rendered clearly, and the causal and explanatory markers dia and gar are maintained as “because” and “for.”