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Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ὁ

   ho

   the
2. sentence🔊 καὶ εἶπεν ὁ νεώτερος αὐτῶν τῷ πατρί Πάτερ δός μοι τὸ ἐπιβάλλον μέρος τῆς οὐσίας ὁ δὲ διεῖλεν αὐτοῖς τὸν βίον

   KAI EI-pen ho ne-O-te-ros au-TÔN tôi pa-TRI PA-ter DOS MOI to e-pi-BAL-lon ME-ros tês ou-SI-as ho de di-EI-len au-TOIS ton BI-on

   and said the younger of them to the father Father give to me the falling to {me} share of the property the and divided to them the livelihood

Exegesis

The phrase ho neōteros autōn {ὁ νεώτερος αὐτῶν | ho neō-té-ros au-tôn} ‘the younger of them’ employs a comparative adjective with a genitive plural pronoun to distinguish one son.

The transition ho dè {ὁ δὲ | ho dè}, often rendered ‘then’, introduces a contrasted action, and the aorist dieîlen {διεῖλεν | di-eî-len} ‘he divided’ takes autoîs {αὐτοῖς | au-toîs} ‘to them’ and tòn bíon {τὸν βίον | tòn bí-on} ‘the livelihood’ to describe the distribution of the father’s means between his sons.

Root and etymology

neos🔊 νέοςnu–epsilon–omicron–sigma

“new, young”

• 🔊 νέοςné-osnew, youngMatthew 9:17
• 🔊 νέοςné-osnew selfColossians 3:10