ὁ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ὁ

   ho

   who
2. clause🔊 πᾶς ὁ ὢν ἐκ τῆς ἀληθείας ἀκούει μου τῆς φωνῆς.

   PAS ho ÔN ek tês a-lê-THEI-as a-KOU-ei mou tês phō-NÊS

   everyone who is from the truth listens to my {∅} voice
3. sentence🔊 ἐγὼ εἰς τοῦτο γεγέννημαι καὶ εἰς τοῦτο ἐλήλυθα εἰς τὸν κόσμον ἵνα μαρτυρήσω τῇ ἀληθείᾳ· πᾶς ὁ ὢν ἐκ τῆς ἀληθείας ἀκούει μου τῆς φωνῆς.

   e-GÔ eis TOU-to ge-GEN-nê-mai kai eis TOU-to e-LÊ-ly-tha eis ton KOS-mon HI-na mar-ty-RÊ-sô têi a-lê-THEI-a PAS ho ÔN ek tês a-lê-THEI-as a-KOU-ei mou tês phō-NÊS

   I for this was born and for this have come into the world so that bear witness to the truth everyone who is from the truth listens to my {∅} voice

Exegesis

The dative pronoun autō {αὐτῷ | au-tôi} ‘to him’ refers back to Jesus, and the subject is expressed by the articular proper name ho Pilatos {ὁ Πιλᾶτος | ho Pi-lâ-tos}.

The narrative then shifts with apekrithē {ἀπεκρίθη | a-pe-kri-thê} ‘answered,’ introducing Jesus as subject through ho Iēsous {ὁ Ἰησοῦς | ho Iē-soûs}.

The universal application is cast through pas ho ōn ek tēs alētheias {πᾶς ὁ ὢν ἐκ τῆς ἀληθείας | pâs ho ôn ek tēs a-lē-theí-as}, where the substantival participle ho ōn {ὁ ὢν | ho ôn} ‘the one who is’ plus the prepositional phrase ‘from the truth’ denote those whose origin or allegiance is characterized by truth.

Root and etymology

erchomai🔊 ἔρχομαιepsilon rho chi omicron mu alpha iota

“to go out, come forth”