τοῦ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 τοῦ

   tou

   the
2. sentence🔊 ἀλλὰ ἦλθεν πλοιάρια ἐκ Τιβεριάδος ἐγγὺς τοῦ τόπου ὅπου ἔφαγον τὸν ἄρτον εὐχαριστήσαντος τοῦ κυρίου

   al-LA ÊL-then ploi-A-ri-a ek ti-be-ri-A-dos en-GYS tou TO-pou HO-pou E-pha-gon ton AR-ton eu-kha-ri-STÊ-san-tos tou ky-REE-ou

   but came boats from Tiberias near the place where they ate the bread having given thanks the Lord

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase ek Tiberiados {ἐκ Τιβεριάδος | ek Tiberiádos} ‘from Tiberias’ specifies the geographical origin of the boats, and the adverbial expression engys tou topou {ἐγγὺς τοῦ τόπου | engýs tou tó-pou} ‘near the place’ indicates spatial proximity to a previously known location.

The genitive absolute eucharistesantos tou kyriou {εὐχαριστήσαντος τοῦ κυρίου | eucha-ris-tḗ-san-tos tou kyrí-ou} functions temporally, indicating that the Lord’s act of giving thanks took place prior to the eating. In English, this participial construction is best rendered as a subordinate time clause, “after the Lord had given thanks,” to preserve the temporal sequence while maintaining a smooth narrative flow. Overall, the translation keeps the main finite verb “came/arrived” as the core of the sentence, embedding the spatial and temporal details in subordinate phrases and clauses in a way that mirrors the Greek discourse structure.

Root and etymology

peripatéō🔊 περιπατέωpi–epsilon–rho–iota–pi–alpha–tau–epsilon–omega

“to walk about, conduct oneself”

• 🔊 περιπατέωpi–epsilon–rho–iota–pi–alpha–tau–epsilon–omegato walkColossians 1:10
• 🔊 περιπατέωpi–epsilon–rho–iota–pi–alpha–tau–epsilon–omegato live, behaveEphesians 4:1