τοῦ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 τοῦ

   TOU

   the
2. sentence🔊 Ὁ γὰρ Ἡρῴδης κρατήσας τὸν Ἰωάννην ἔδησεν ⸀αὐτὸν καὶ ⸂ἐν φυλακῇ ἀπέθετο⸃ διὰ Ἡρῳδιάδα τὴν γυναῖκα Φιλίππου τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ,

   ho GAR hê-RÔ-dês kra-TÊ-sas TON i-ô-AN-nên E-dê-sen au-TON KAI en phy-la-KÊ a-PE-the-to di-A hê-rô-di-A-da TÊN gy-NAI-ka phi-LIP-poo TOU a-del-PHOO au-TOU

   For {the} Herod having seized {the} John he bound him and in prison he put because of Herodias the wife of Philip the brother his

Exegesis

The noun chain ten gunaika Philippou tou adelphou autou {τὴν γυναῖκα Φιλίππου τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ | tēn gynaika Philíppou tou adelphou autou} ‘the wife of Philip, his brother’ uses genitives to mark possession and family relationship, clarifying the morally problematic union. In English, the participial construction is rendered with a subordinate clause (“having seized John”) and the verb sequence is kept as coordinated finite verbs, preserving the flow while making the causative and relational phrases clear.

Root and etymology

βαπτίζω🔊 βαπτίζωbeta–alpha–pi–tau–iota–zeta–omega

“to dip, immerse”

• 🔊 βαπτίζωbap-tí-zōto baptizeMatthew 3:6
• 🔊 βάπτισμαbeta–alpha–pi–tau–iota–sigma–mu–alphabaptismMark 1:4