τὸ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 τὸ

   to

   the
2. sentence🔊 Καὶ ὅτε ἐπλήσθησαν ἡμέραι ὀκτὼ τοῦ περιτεμεῖν αὐτόν καὶ ἐκλήθη τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἰησοῦς τὸ κληθὲν ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀγγέλου πρὸ τοῦ συλλημφθῆναι αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ κοιλίᾳ

   KAI HO-te e-PLÊS-thê-san hê-ME-rai ok-TÔ tou pe-ri-te-MEIN au-TON KAI e-KLÊ-thê to O-no-ma au-TOU ee-ay-SOOS to klê-THEN hy-PO tou AN-ge-lou pro tou syl-lêm-PHthê-nai au-ton en tê koi-LI-a

   and when were fulfilled days eight of the to circumcise him and was called the name of him Jesus the having been called by the angel before the to be conceived him in the womb

Exegesis

The narrative then shifts to the passive verb eklēthē {ἐκλήθη | eklḗthē} ‘was called,’ with the noun phrase to onoma autou Iēsous {τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἰησοῦς | tò ónoma autoû Iēsoûs} ‘the name Jesus.’

An appositional participle clause to klēthen hupo tou angelou {τὸ κληθὲν ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀγγέλου | tò klēthèn hupò toû angélou} ‘having been called by the angel’ supplies divine agency and timing, followed by the temporal articular infinitive pro tou syllēmphthēnai auton {πρὸ τοῦ συλλημφθῆναι αὐτὸν | prò toû syllēmphthēnai autón} ‘before being conceived’ with en tē koilia {ἐν τῇ κοιλίᾳ | en tē̂ koiliá̂} ‘in the womb’ marking the prenatal context. The sequence of passive constructions and articular infinitives underscores divine orchestration in the covenantal ritual and naming of the Messiah.

Root and etymology

protos🔊 πρῶτοςpi–rho–omega–tau–omicron–sigma

“first, foremost”

• 🔊 πρότεροςprōterosearlier, formerJohn 1:15