τὸν

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 τὸν

   TON

   the
2. sentence🔊 τί γὰρ ⸀ὠφεληθήσεται ἄνθρωπος ἐὰν τὸν κόσμον ὅλον κερδήσῃ τὴν δὲ ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ζημιωθῇ;

   TI GAR ô-phe-lê-THÊ-se-tai AN-thrô-pos e-AN TON KOS-mon HO-lon ker-DÊ-sêi TÊN DE psy-KHÊN au-TOO zê-mi-ô-THÊI

   for what {he} will be benefited a man if he gains the whole world but be forfeited his the soul

Exegesis

The conditional protasis uses the particle ean {ἐὰν | e-an} “if,” governing the aorist subjunctive kerdḗsē {κερδήσῃ | ker-dḗ-sē} “should gain,” whose object is the accusative phrase tòn kósmos hólon {τὸν κόσμον ὅλον | tòn kós-mon hó-lon} “the whole world.”