τὸ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 τὸ

   to

   the
2. sentence🔊 καὶ ἐπάταξεν εἷς τις ἐξ αὐτῶν τοῦ ἀρχιερέως τὸν δοῦλον καὶ ἀφεῖλεν τὸ οὖς αὐτοῦ τὸ δεξιόν

   kai e-PA-ta-ksen heis tis eks au-TON tou ar-khi-e-RE-os ton DOU-lon kai a-PHEI-len to OUS au-TOU to de-ksi-ON

   and struck one someone from them of the high priest the servant and cut off the ear his the right

Exegesis

The direct object of apheilen is the expanded phrase to ous autou to deksion {τὸ οὖς αὐτοῦ τὸ δεξιόν | tó oûs autoû tó dexión} “his right ear.” The repetition of the article before deksion gives a specific, almost clinical precision: not just any wound, but the right ear in particular. Greek word order places the possessive autou “his” between the noun and the final attributive adjective, a pattern typical of Greek attributive constructions. English renders this naturally as “his right ear,” preserving the focus on the exact part injured while maintaining a single clause that coordinates the two aorist verbs (“struck” and “cut off”) to present a swift, continuous action.

Root and etymology

syntithēmi🔊 συντίθημιsigma–upsilon–nu–tau–iota–theta–eta–mu–iota

“to put together, make an agreement”

• 🔊 συντίθημιsyn-tí-thē-mito agreeActs 23:20
• 🔊 διαθήκηdelta–iota–alpha–theta–eta–kappa–etacovenantHebrews 9:15