οὗ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 οὗ

   HOU

   whose
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 συγγενὴς ὢν οὗ ἀπέκοψεν Πέτρος τὸ ὠτίον·

   syng-ge-NÊS ŌN HOU a-PE-kop-sen PE-tros TO ō-TI-on

   a relative being whose the ear Peter {He} cut off
3. clause🔊 λέγει εἷς ἐκ τῶν δούλων τοῦ ἀρχιερέως, συγγενὴς ὢν οὗ ἀπέκοψεν Πέτρος τὸ ὠτίον·

   LE-YEI HEIS ek tôn DOU-lōn TOU ar-khi-e-RE-ōs syng-ge-NÊS ŌN HOU a-PE-kop-sen PE-tros TO ō-TI-on

   one from the servants of the high priest a relative being whose the ear Peter {He} cut off He says
4. sentence🔊 λέγει εἷς ἐκ τῶν δούλων τοῦ ἀρχιερέως, συγγενὴς ὢν οὗ ἀπέκοψεν Πέτρος τὸ ὠτίον· Οὐκ ἐγώ σε εἶδον ἐν τῷ κήπῳ μετʼ αὐτοῦ;

   LE-YEI HEIS ek tôn DOU-lōn TOU ar-khi-e-RE-ōs syng-ge-NÊS ŌN HOU a-PE-kop-sen PE-tros TO ō-TI-on OUK e-GŌ se EI-don en TOI KÊ-pōi met au-TOU

   one from the servants of the high priest a relative being whose the ear Peter {He} cut off He says I not saw you in the garden with him

Exegesis

The relative clause hou apekopsen Petros to ōtion {οὗ ἀπέκοψεν Πέτρος τὸ ὠτίον | hoû a-PEK-op-sen Pé-tros tò ō-tí-on} ties the speaker directly to the earlier injury, making the ear-cutting the backdrop for his challenge.

Root and etymology

dou🔊 δουdelta omicron upsilon

“slave, bond-servant”

• 🔊 δουλείαdouleiaslavery, servitudeRomans 8:15
• 🔊 δουλεύωdouleuōto serve as a slaveGalatians 5:13