ἡ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ἡ

   hê

   the
2. clause🔊 λέγει οὖν ⸂τῷ Πέτρῳ ἡ παιδίσκη ἡ θυρωρός⸃·

   LE-yei OUN TOI PE-trôi hê pai-DIS-kê hê thy-rô-ROS

   then the servant girl the doorkeeper {She} says to {the} Peter
3. sentence🔊 λέγει οὖν ⸂τῷ Πέτρῳ ἡ παιδίσκη ἡ θυρωρός⸃· Μὴ καὶ σὺ ἐκ τῶν μαθητῶν εἶ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τούτου λέγει ἐκεῖνος· Οὐκ εἰμί.

   LE-yei OUN TOI PE-trôi hê pai-DIS-kê hê thy-rô-ROS MÊ KAI SY ek TÔN ma-thê-TÔN EI tou an-THRÔ-pou TOU-tou LE-yei e-KEI-nos ouk ei-MI

   then the servant girl the doorkeeper {She} says to {the} Peter you also are surely not from the disciples of the man this that one {He} says I am not

Exegesis

The indirect object tō Petrō {τῷ Πέτρῳ | tôi Pét-rō} comes before the subject, which is identified by the repeated article in hē paidiskē hē thyrōros {ἡ παιδίσκη ἡ θυρωρός | hē pai-dís-kē hē thy-rō-rós}; this apposition binds the two nouns together as one speaker described by both status and function.

Root and etymology

pais🔊 παῖςpi alpha iota sigma

“child, servant”

• 🔊 παιδίονpaidionlittle childMatthew 2:8
• 🔊 παιδεύωpaideuōto train, disciplineHebrews 12:6