ἦν

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ἦν

   ÊN

   was
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 ὃς καὶ αὐτὸς ἦν προσδεχόμενος τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ,

   hos KAI au-TOS ÊN pros-de-KHO-me-nos tên ba-si-LEI-an tou the-OU

   who also himself was waiting for the kingdom of the God
3. sentence🔊 ⸀ἐλθὼν Ἰωσὴφ ⸀ὁ ἀπὸ Ἁριμαθαίας εὐσχήμων βουλευτής, ὃς καὶ αὐτὸς ἦν προσδεχόμενος τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ, τολμήσας εἰσῆλθεν πρὸς ⸀τὸν Πιλᾶτον καὶ ᾐτήσατο τὸ σῶμα τοῦ Ἰησοῦ.

   el-THON i-ō-SÊPH ho a-PO ha-ri-ma-tha-IAS eu-SKHÊ-mōn bou-leu-TÊS hos KAI au-TOS ÊN pros-de-KHO-me-nos tên ba-si-LEI-an tou the-OU tol-MÊ-sas ei-SÊL-then pros ton pi-LA-ton KAI hêi-TÊ-sa-to to SÔ-ma tou ee-ay-SOO

   having come Joseph the from of Arimathea distinguished councilor who also himself was waiting for the kingdom of the God having dared he entered to the Pilate and he asked for the body of the Jesus

Exegesis

A relative clause follows: hos kai autos ēn prosdechomenos tēn basileian tou Theou {ὃς καὶ αὐτὸς ἦν προσδεχόμενος τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ | hos kai au-tos ēn pros-de-kho-me-nos tēn ba-si-leí-an tou The-ou}. Here kai autos adds emphasis (“he himself also”), and the periphrastic construction ēn + prosdechomenos portrays an ongoing state of expectation, “was waiting for,” regarding the basileia tou Theou, “the kingdom of God,” which frames Joseph as a true eschatological believer.

Root and etymology

heortē🔊 ἑορτήepsilon–omicron–rho–tau–eta

“festive gathering, religious feast”

• 🔊 ἑορτήheortēfeastJohn 5:1
• 🔊 ἑορτάζωheortazōto celebrate a feast1 Corinthians 5:8