τοῦ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 τοῦ

   tou

   of the
2. sentence🔊 καὶ ἐὰν ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου σκανδαλίζῃ σε ἔκβαλε αὐτόν καλόν σέ ἐστιν μονόφθαλμον εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ ἢ δύο ὀφθαλμοὺς ἔχοντα βληθῆναι εἰς τὴν γέενναν

   KAI e-AN ho oph-thal-MOS sou skan-da-LI-dzê se EK-ba-le au-TON ka-LON SE ES-tin mo-NO-phthal-mon ei-sel-THEIN eis tên ba-si-LEI-an tou the-OU Ê DY-o oph-thal-MOUS E-khon-ta blê-THÊ-nai eis tên GHE-en-nan

   and if the eye your causes to stumble you throw out it good you is one-eyed to enter into the kingdom of the God or two eyes having to be thrown into the Gehenna

Exegesis

Both use present indicative verbs teleutai {τελευτᾷ | teleu-tâi} ‘dies’ and sbennytai {σβέννυται | sbén-ny-tai} ‘is quenched’ with the negative particle ou {οὐ | ou} ‘not,’ forming a timeless statement that underscores ongoing suffering.

The genitive pronoun auton {αὐτῶν | autôn} ‘of them’ personalizes the worm image, and the article-noun phrase to pyr {τὸ πῦρ | tò pŷr} ‘the fire’ mirrors the first clause, intensifying the rhetorical force of undying decay and unquenchable flame. The translation preserves the locative sense of hopou as “where,” simple present tense for enduring reality, and repeated negation to echo the Greek emphatic structure.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 συζητέωsigma–upsilon–zeta–eta–tau–epsilon–omega

“to discuss, dispute”

• 🔊 συζήτησιςsigma–upsilon–zeta–eta–tau–eta–sigma–iota–sigmadiscussion, debateActs 15:2