τῶν

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 τῶν

   tôn

   of the
2. sentence🔊 ἀποστείλας δὲ εἰς τὴν Μακεδονίαν δύο τῶν διακονουντων αὐτῷ Τιμόθεον καὶ Ἔραστον αὐτὸς ἐπέσχεν χρόνον εἰς τὴν Ἀσίαν.

   a-po-STEI-las de eis tên ma-ke-do-NI-an DY-o tôn di-a-ko-NOU-ntōn au-TÔ ti-MO-the-on kai E-ras-ton au-TOS e-PE-skh(en) KHRÓ-non eis tên a-SI-an

   having sent and into the Macedonia two of the serving him Timothy and Erastus he himself stayed a time in the Asia

Exegesis

The noun phrase duo ton diakonounton auto {δύο τῶν διακονούντων αὐτῷ | dú-o tōn di-a-ko-noún-ton au-tôi} uses the genitive plural article with a present participle to describe “two of the ones who are serving him,” identifying a subgroup from a larger circle of helpers.

Root and etymology

diakoneō🔊 διακονέωdelta–iota–alpha–kappa–omicron–nu–epsilon–omega

“to serve, wait on, minister”

• 🔊 διάκονοςdelta–iota–alpha–kappa–omicron–nu–omicron–sigmaservant, ministerRomans 16:1
• 🔊 διακονίαdelta–iota–alpha–kappa–omicron–nu–iota–alphaservice, ministryActs 6:4