ὁ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ὁ

   HO

   who
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 ὁ ἐλθὼν πρὸς ⸀αὐτὸν νυκτὸς τὸ πρῶτον,

   HO el-THÔN pros au-TON NYK-TOS TO PRÔ-ton

   who had come the first to him by night
3. sentence🔊 ἦλθεν δὲ καὶ Νικόδημος, ὁ ἐλθὼν πρὸς ⸀αὐτὸν νυκτὸς τὸ πρῶτον, φέρων ⸀μίγμα σμύρνης καὶ ἀλόης ὡς λίτρας ἑκατόν.

   ÊL-then DE KAI ni-KO-dê-mos HO el-THÔN pros au-TON NYK-TOS TO PRÔ-ton PHE-rôn MIG-ma SMYR-nês KAI a-LO-ês HÔS LI-tras he-ka-TON

   and Nicodemus also {He} came who had come the first to him by night bringing a mixture of myrrh and of aloes about a hundred pounds

Exegesis

The subject Nikodemos {Νικόδημος | Nikódēmos} is further identified by an article-participle construction, ho elthon {ὁ ἐλθὼν | ho elthṓn}, functioning like a relative clause (“the one who had come”), which intentionally recalls his earlier approach.

Root and etymology

nike🔊 νίκηnu iota kappa eta

“victory”