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Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 Ὁ

   ho

   the
2. sentence🔊 ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν Ὁ σπείρων τὸ καλὸν σπέρμα ἐστὶν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου

   ho de a-po-kri-THEIS EI-pen ho SPEI-rōn to ka-LON SPER-ma es-TIN ho hy-OS tou an-THRŌ-pou

   the but answering said the one sowing the good seed is the Son of the man

Exegesis

The verse begins with the nominative article ho {ὁ | ho} followed by the postpositive particle de {δὲ | dé}, producing a mild connective “but/and” that links this explanation to the prior context.

The second clause opens with the article Ho {Ὁ | ho} governing the participle speiron {σπείρων | speírōn}, yielding the substantival participial phrase “the one sowing,” which identifies a specific agent rather than a generic activity.

The copula estin {ἐστὶν | estín} links this subject phrase to the predicate nominative ho huios tou anthropou {ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου | ho huiós tou anthrópou}, literally “the son of the man,” a recognized messianic self-designation used by Jesus. English word order is adjusted to a more typical subject–verb–complement sequence, and the substantival participle is rendered with a relative-like construction “the one who sows/plants” to preserve its ongoing action while remaining idiomatic. The repeated articles in Greek signal specificity and definiteness, which are retained where natural with “the” and otherwise left implicit.

Root and etymology

huios🔊 υἱόςupsilon–iota–omicron–sigma

“son, descendant”

• 🔊 υἱοθεσίαhui-o-the-sí-aadoption as sonsRomans 8:15
• 🔊 υἱόςhuiósSon