οὗ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 οὗ

   hou

   whose
2. sentence🔊 καὶ μεταβὰς ἐκεῖθεν εἰσῆλθεν εἰς οἰκίαν τινὸς ὀνόματι Τιτίου Ἰούστου σεβομένου τὸν θεόν οὗ ἡ οἰκία ἦν συνομοροῦσα τῇ συναγωγῇ

   kai me-ta-BAS e-KEI-then ei-SÊL-then eis oi-KI-an ti-NOS o-NO-ma-ti ti-TI-ou i-OU-stou se-bo-ME-nou ton the-ON hou hê oi-KI-a ÊN sy-no-mo-ROU-sa têi sy-na-gô-GÊI

   and having departed from there he entered into house of a certain by name Titius Justus worshiping the God whose the house was adjacent to the synagogue

Exegesis

The relative clause hou hē oikia ēn synomorousa tē synagōgē {οὗ ἡ οἰκία ἦν συνομοροῦσα τῇ συναγωγῇ | hû hē oi-kí-a ēn sy-no-mo-ROU-sa tē sy-na-gō-gē} further defines this man by reference to his property: “whose house was adjoining the synagogue.” Here, hē oikia serves as the subject, ēn as the copula, and the participle synomorousa functions predicatively, with the dative tē synagōgē expressing close spatial adjacency. In translation, the participial constructions are rendered with finite verbs or relative clauses to maintain natural English flow while preserving the temporal sequence and the emphasis on both personal piety and strategic location next to the synagogue.

Root and etymology

Ioudas🔊 ἸούδαςIou-dás

“Judah, praised one”