ὁ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ὁ

   ho

   the
2. sentence🔊 Εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς Ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ἄρτος τῆς ζωῆς ὁ ἐρχόμενος πρὸς ἐμὲ οὐ μὴ πεινάσῃ καὶ ὁ πιστεύων εἰς ἐμὲ οὐ μὴ διψήσει πώποτε

   EI-pen au-TOIS ho ee-ay-SOOS e-GÔ EI-mi ho AR-tos tês dzô-ÊS ho er-KHO-me-nos pros e-ME ou MÊ pei-NA-sê KAI ho pi-STEU-ôn eis e-ME ou MÊ dip-PSÊ-sei PÔ-po-te

   said to them the Jesus I am the bread of the life the coming to me not not will hunger and the believing into me not not will thirst ever

Exegesis

The subject ho Iesous {ὁ Ἰησοῦς | ho Iē-soûs} appears immediately afterward, forming a clear identification of the speaker.

The predicate nominative ho artos tes zoes {ὁ ἄρτος τῆς ζωῆς | ho ár-tos tês zō-ês} unites a definite noun with a genitive of quality or source (“the bread of life”), presenting a metaphor for Jesus’ life-giving role.

Two parallel articular present participles, ho erchomenos pros eme {ὁ ἐρχόμενος πρὸς ἐμὲ | ho er-khó-me-nos pròs emè} “the one coming to Me” and ho pisteuon eis eme {ὁ πιστεύων εἰς ἐμὲ | ho pis-teú-ōn eis emè} “the one believing in Me,” function substantivally, describing ongoing, characteristic actions rather than single events.

Root and etymology

artos🔊 ἄρτοςalpha–rho–tau–omicron–sigma

“bread, loaf, food”

• 🔊 ἀρτοκλασίαalpha–rho–tau–omicron–kappa–lambda–alpha–sigma–iota–alphabreaking of breadActs 2:42
• 🔊 ἀρτοποιόςalpha–rho–tau–omicron–pi–omicron–iota–omicron–sigmabakerJeremiah 37:21