τῶν

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 τῶν

   tôn

   of the
2. sentence🔊 ἐγγίζοντος δὲ αὐτοῦ ἤδη πρὸς τῇ καταβάσει τοῦ Ὄρους τῶν Ἐλαιῶν ἤρξαντο ἅπαν τὸ πλῆθος τῶν μαθητῶν χαίροντες αἰνεῖν τὸν θεὸν φωνῇ μεγάλῃ περὶ πασῶν ὧν εἶδον δυνάμεων

   eng-GI-zon-tos de au-TOU Ê-dê pros tê ka-ta-BA-sei tou O-ros tôn e-lai-ÔN ÊR-ksan-to HA-pan to PLÊ-thos tôn ma-thê-TÔN KHAI-ron-tes ai-NEIN ton the-ON phō-NÊ me-GA-lê pe-RI pa-SÔN hôn EI-don dy-NA-me-ōn

   as he was drawing near and of him already toward the descent of the Mount of the Olives they began all the multitude of the disciples rejoicing to praise the God with a voice loud about all which they saw mighty works

Exegesis

The phrase prós tē̂ katabásei tou Órous tōn Elaïôn {πρὸς τῇ καταβάσει τοῦ Ὄρους τῶν Ἐλαιῶν | prós tē̂ katabásei tou Órous tōn Elaïôn} specifies movement toward the descent, with the genitive chain marking “the Mount of Olives.”

The finite verb ḗrxanto {ἤρξαντο | ḗrxanto} “they began” takes as its subject the nominal phrase hápan to plḗthos tōn mathētōn {ἅπαν τὸ πλῆθος τῶν μαθητῶν | hápan to plḗthos tōn mathētōn}, emphasizing the full scope of the disciples.

Root and etymology

manthano🔊 μανθάνωmu–alpha–nu–theta–alpha–nu–omega

“to learn”

• 🔊 μαθητήςmu–alpha–theta–eta–tau–eta–sigmadisciple, learnerActs 6:1