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Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ὁ

   ho

   the
2. sentence🔊 Τῇ ἐπαύριον ὁ ὄχλος ὁ ἑστηκὼς πέραν τῆς θαλάσσης εἶδον ὅτι πλοιάριον ἄλλο οὐκ ἦν ἐκεῖ εἰ μὴ ἕν καὶ ὅτι οὐ συνεισῆλθεν τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἰς τὸ πλοῖον ἀλλὰ μόνοι οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ ἀπῆλθον

   TÊI e-PAU-ri-on ho OKH-los ho he-stê-KÔS PE-ran tês tha-LAS-sês EI-don HO-ti ploi-A-ri-on AL-lo ouk ÊN e-KEI ei MÊ HEN kai HO-ti ou sy-nei-SÊL-then tois ma-thê-TAIS au-TOU ho ee-ay-SOOS eis to PLOI-on al-LA MO-noi hoi ma-thê-TAI au-TOU a-PÊL-thon

   On the next day the crowd the standing across of the sea saw that boat other not was there if except one and that not entered with the disciples his the Jesus into the boat but alone the disciples his went away

Exegesis

The noun phrase ho ochlos ho hestekōs {ὁ ὄχλος ὁ ἑστηκὼς | ho óch-los ho he-stē-kṓs} combines a definite article plus noun with a participial modifier in apposition, literally “the crowd, the one standing,” which functions as a defining relative-like description (“the crowd that was standing”).

The main verb eidon {εἶδον | eî-don} ‘they saw’ takes two ὅτι-clauses as its objects in a coordinated structure: eidon hoti ploiarion allo ouk ēn ekei ei mē hen, kai hoti ou syneisēlthen tois mathētais autou ho Iēsous eis to ploion {εἶδον ὅτι πλοιάριον ἄλλο οὐκ ἦν ἐκεῖ εἰ μὴ ἕν, καὶ ὅτι οὐ συνεισῆλθεν τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἰς τὸ πλοῖον | eî-don hó-ti plo-iá-ri-on ál-lo ouk ēn e-keî ei mē hen, kai hó-ti ou sy-nei-sêl-then tois ma-thē-taîs au-toû ho Iē-soûs eis to plôi-on}. The first ὅτι-clause reports the objective situation regarding the boats: no other little boat was there except one. The idiom ei mē ‘except’ marks the single exception to the negated statement.

Root and etymology

ochlos🔊 ὄχλοςomicron–chi–lambda–omicron–sigma

“crowd, throng, multitude”

• 🔊 ὀχλέωomicron–chi–lambda–epsilon–omegato trouble, crowd aroundMark 3:9