τοῦ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 τοῦ

   tou

   of the
2. sentence🔊 ὁ γὰρ ἄρτος τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστιν ὁ καταβαίνων ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ζωὴν διδοὺς τῷ κόσμῳ

   ho gar AR-tos tou the-OU e-STIN ho ka-ta-BAI-nōn ek tou ou-ra-NOU KAI dzō-ÊN di-DUS tō KOS-mō

   the for bread of the God is the one coming down from the heaven and life giving to the world

Exegesis

The verse begins with ho gar artos tou theou {ὁ γὰρ ἄρτος τοῦ θεοῦ | ho gàr ár-tos toû the-oû}, an articular noun phrase fronted for emphasis and introduced by gar {γὰρ | gár} to provide an explanation of the preceding discussion about bread.

The genitive tou theou {τοῦ θεοῦ | toû the-oû} is best taken as a genitive of source or possession, indicating that this bread belongs to God or proceeds from Him.

The equative verb estin {ἐστιν | é-stin} links two articular nominative phrases: ho artos tou theou and ho katabainon ek tou ouranou {ὁ καταβαίνων ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ | ho ka-ta-baí-nōn ek toû ou-ra-noû}. The second phrase centers on the present active participle katabainon, functioning substantivally with the article ho to mean “the One who is coming down,” with ek tou ouranou marking origin “from heaven.” This structure presents the “bread of God” and “the One coming down from heaven” as identically referring expressions, implicitly pointing to Christ.

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