ὧν

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ὧν

   HÔN

   those whom
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 οὐ περὶ τοῦ κόσμου ἐρωτῶ ἀλλὰ περὶ ὧν δέδωκάς μοι,

   ou pe-RI tou KOS-mou e-rô-TÔ al-LA pe-RI HÔN de-dô-KÁS moi

   not for the world I pray but for those whom you have given to me
3. clause🔊 οὐ περὶ τοῦ κόσμου ἐρωτῶ ἀλλὰ περὶ ὧν δέδωκάς μοι, ὅτι σοί εἰσιν,

   ou pe-RI tou KOS-mou e-rô-TÔ al-LA pe-RI HÔN de-dô-KÁS moi HO-ti SOI EI-sin

   not for the world I pray but for those whom you have given to me because yours are
4. sentence🔊 ἐγὼ περὶ αὐτῶν ἐρωτῶ· οὐ περὶ τοῦ κόσμου ἐρωτῶ ἀλλὰ περὶ ὧν δέδωκάς μοι, ὅτι σοί εἰσιν,

   e-GÔ pe-RI au-TÔN e-rô-TÔ ou pe-RI tou KOS-mou e-rô-TÔ al-LA pe-RI HÔN de-dô-KÁS moi HO-ti SOI EI-sin

   I {I} pray for them not for the world I pray but for those whom you have given to me because yours are

Exegesis

The relative phrase hōn dedōkas moi {ὧν δέδωκάς μοι | hôn dédōkás moi} ‘whom You have given to Me’ centers the Father’s prior gift, with dedōkas {δέδωκάς | dédōkás} in the perfect tense presenting a completed act whose result still stands.

Root and etymology

aion🔊 αἰώνalpha iota omega nu

“age, age-long, everlasting”

• 🔊 αἰώνaionageEphesians 3:21
• 🔊 εἰς τὸν αἰῶναeis ton aionaforeverPsalm 9:5 LXX