τοῦ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 τοῦ

   tou

   of the
2. sentence🔊 ἀπεκρίθη ὁ Ἰησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς Τοῦτό ἐστιν τὸ ἔργον τοῦ θεοῦ ἵνα πιστεύητε εἰς ὃν ἀπέστειλεν ἐκεῖνος

   a-pe-KRI-thê ho ee-ay-SOOS KAI EI-pen au-TOIS tou-TO ES-tin to ER-gon tou the-OU HI-na pi-STEY-ê-te eis hon a-PE-stei-len e-KEI-nos

   answered the Jesus and said to them this is the work of the God that you believe into whom he sent that one

Exegesis

The noun phrase to ergon tou theou {τὸ ἔργον τοῦ θεοῦ | tò érg-on toû the-oû} consists of a head noun with a genitive modifier, where theou specifies that the “work” belongs to, or is defined by, God.

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