ὁ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ὁ

   ho

   the
2. sentence🔊 ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς Εἷς τῶν δώδεκα ὁ ἐμβαπτόμενος μετʼ ἐμοῦ εἰς τὸ τρύβλιον

   ho de EI-pen au-TOIS HEIS tôn DÔ-de-ka ho em-bap-TO-me-nos met e-MOU eis to TRYB-li-on

   the and said to them one of the twelve the dipping with me into the dish

Exegesis

The sentence opens with the anarthrous conjunctional sequence ho de eipen autois {ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς | ho dè eî-pen au-toîs}, where ho functions as a grammatical subject referring back to Jesus, and de marks narrative development. The finite verb eipen introduces direct speech.

The following appositional participial clause ho embaptomenos metʼ emou eis to tryblion {ὁ ἐμβαπτόμενος μετʼ ἐμοῦ εἰς τὸ τρύβλιον | ho em-bap-tó-me-nos metʼ e-moû eis tò trý-bli-on} further identifies this “one” by describing his concurrent action. The present participle embaptomenos conveys an action in progress, highlighting the immediacy of the act of dipping. The preposition meta with the genitive emou expresses close association “with Me,” while eis with the accusative to tryblion marks the goal of the motion “into the dish.” The English renderings preserve the partitive sense (“one of the Twelve”) and maintain the participial description as a relative-like identifier (“the one who is dipping / the person dipping”), which mirrors the Greek focus on recognition through a shared, symbolic meal action.

Root and etymology

baptō🔊 βάπτωbeta–alpha–pi–tau–omega

“to dip, immerse”

• 🔊 βάπτισμαbap-tís-mabaptismMark 1:4
• 🔊 βαπτίζωbap-tí-zōto baptize, immerseMatthew 28:19