Luke 23:35:3Luke.23.35.W3TAB
ὁ
ho
“the”
- Transliteration
- ho
- Extended
- hoh
- IPA
- /ho/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) |
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Word in context
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ho
- sentence
KAI hē-STÊ-kei ho la-OS the-ō-RÔN
Exegesis
The pluperfect verb heistekei {εἱστήκει | heis-tē-kei} ‘was standing’ with the subject ho laos {ὁ λαός | ho la-ós} ‘the people’ presents a durative background situation, while the participle theoron {θεωρῶν | the-ō-rōn} ‘observing’ functions adverbially, depicting the crowd as passive onlookers.
The predicate nominatives ho christos tou theou ho eklektos {ὁ χριστὸς τοῦ θεοῦ ὁ ἐκλεκτός | ho khris-tós tou the-oo ho ek-lek-tós} form a clustered title, with ho christos and ho eklektos in apposition, intensifying the irony: the very rulers who speak of “the Christ of God, the Chosen One” deny that the crucified Jesus truly fits that title. In translation, this structure is preserved by keeping the conditional “if” clause and the appositional title sequence intact, while rendering the imperfect and pluperfect verbs as ongoing background actions.
Root and etymology
chriochi–rho–iota–omega
“to anoint”
In context — Luke 23:35
But the people were standing by, observing, and the rulers also were mocking Him, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself, if this is the Christ of God , the Chosen One.”
About this coordinate
Luke 23:35:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Luke 23:35, so the Greek word ὁ (ho) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Luke.23.35.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.23.35.W3.S1) and character.