σινδόνι

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 σινδόνι

   sin-DO-ni

   linen cloth
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 καὶ ἀγοράσας ⸀σινδόνα καθελὼν αὐτὸν ἐνείλησεν τῇ σινδόνι καὶ ⸀ἔθηκεν αὐτὸν ἐν ⸀μνημείῳ ὃ ἦν λελατομημένον ἐκ πέτρας,

   KAI a-go-RA-sas sin-DO-na ka-the-LÔN au-TON e-NEE-lê-sen têi sin-DO-ni KAI E-thê-ken au-TON en mnê-MEE-ôi HO ÊN le-la-to-mê-ME-non ek PE-tras

   and having bought a linen cloth having taken down him he wrapped in the linen cloth and he placed him in a tomb which was having been hewn out of rock
3. sentence🔊 καὶ ἀγοράσας ⸀σινδόνα καθελὼν αὐτὸν ἐνείλησεν τῇ σινδόνι καὶ ⸀ἔθηκεν αὐτὸν ἐν ⸀μνημείῳ ὃ ἦν λελατομημένον ἐκ πέτρας, καὶ προσεκύλισεν λίθον ἐπὶ τὴν θύραν τοῦ μνημείου.

   KAI a-go-RA-sas sin-DO-na ka-the-LÔN au-TON e-NEE-lê-sen têi sin-DO-ni KAI E-thê-ken au-TON en mnê-MEE-ôi HO ÊN le-la-to-mê-ME-non ek PE-tras KAI pro-se-KY-lee-sen LEE-thon e-PI tên THY-ran tou mnê-MEE-ou

   and having bought a linen cloth having taken down him he wrapped in the linen cloth and he placed him in a tomb which was having been hewn out of rock and he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb

Exegesis

The object auton {αὐτόν | autón} “him” refers to Jesus and is carried through the sequence of actions, while the dative phrase tē sindoni {τῇ σινδόνι | tē̂ sindóni} specifies the material used in wrapping, the article marking the linen as a particular, known burial cloth.