Ὁ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 Ὁ

   ho

   O
2. sentence🔊 ὁ Φαρισαῖος σταθεὶς πρὸς ἑαυτὸν ταῦτα προσηύχετο Ὁ θεός εὐχαριστῶ σοι ὅτι οὐκ εἰμὶ ὥσπερ οἱ λοιποὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἅρπαγες ἄδικοι μοιχοί ἢ καὶ ὡς οὗτος ὁ τελώνης

   ho pha-ri-SAI-os sta-THEIS pros he-au-TON TAU-ta pro-sê-EU-khe-to ho the-OS eu-kha-ri-STÔ soi HO-ti ouk ei-MI HÔS-per hoi loi-POI tôn an-THRÔ-pôn HAR-pa-ges A-di-koi moi-KHOI ê kai hôs HOU-tos ho te-LÔ-nês

   the Pharisee having stood toward himself these things was praying O God I thank to you that not I am as the others of the people extortioners unjust adulterers or and as this the tax collector

Exegesis

The verse begins with the nominative subject Pharisaios {ὁ Φαρισαῖος | Pha-ri-saî-os} ‘the Pharisee’, modified by the aorist passive participle statheis {σταθεὶς | sta-theìs} ‘having stood’, indicating his posture.

The vocative ho theos {ὁ θεός | the-ós} ‘O God’ frames the addressee, and the present active eucharistō {εὐχαριστῶ | eu-kha-ris-tô} ‘I give thanks’ with dative soí {σοί | soi} ‘to you’ signals thanksgiving.

The disjunctive ē kai {ἢ καὶ | ē kai} ‘or even’ heightens the contrast, leading to the final comparative hōs hoútos ho telōnēs {ὡς οὗτος ὁ τελώνης | hōs hoû-tos ho te-lō-nḗs} ‘like this tax collector’. The Greek uses participial circumstantial clauses and comparative particles with asyndeton for rhetorical emphasis.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 θεόςtheta–epsilon–omicron–sigma

“god, deity”

• 🔊 θεῖοςtheî-osdivine, godly2 Pet. 1:3