σου

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 σου

   sou

   of you
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 Εἰ δὲ ἡ χείρ σου ἢ ὁ πούς σου σκανδαλίζει σε,

   ei DE HÊ KHEIR sou Ê HO POUS sou skan-da-LI-zei se

   If and the hand of you or the foot of you causes to sin you
3. clause🔊 Εἰ δὲ ἡ χείρ σου ἢ ὁ πούς σου σκανδαλίζει σε, ἔκκοψον ⸀αὐτὸν καὶ βάλε ἀπὸ σοῦ·

   ei DE HÊ KHEIR sou Ê HO POUS sou skan-da-LI-zei se EK-kop-son au-TON KAI BA-le a-PO SOU

   If and the hand of you or the foot of you causes to sin you cut off it and throw from you
4. sentence🔊 Εἰ δὲ ἡ χείρ σου ἢ ὁ πούς σου σκανδαλίζει σε, ἔκκοψον ⸀αὐτὸν καὶ βάλε ἀπὸ σοῦ· καλόν σοί ἐστιν εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν ζωὴν ⸂κυλλὸν ἢ χωλόν⸃, ἢ δύο χεῖρας ἢ δύο πόδας ἔχοντα βληθῆναι εἰς τὸ πῦρ τὸ αἰώνιον.

   ei DE HÊ KHEIR sou Ê HO POUS sou skan-da-LI-zei se EK-kop-son au-TON KAI BA-le a-PO SOU ka-LON SOI ES-tin ei-sel-THEIN eis TÊN zô-ÊN kyl-LON Ê khô-LON Ê DY-o KHEI-ras Ê DY-o PO-das E-khon-ta blê-THÊ-nai eis TO PYR TO ai-Ô-ni-on

   If and the hand of you or the foot of you causes to sin you cut off it and throw from you is better for you to enter into the life crippled or lame or two hands or two feet having to be thrown into the fire the eternal

Exegesis

The noun phrases hē cheir sou and ho pous sou {ἡ χείρ σου ἢ ὁ πούς σου | hē cheír sou ē ho poús sou} ‘your hand or your foot’ precede the verb skandalizei {σκανδαλίζει | skandalízei} ‘stumbles’ (causes to stumble), highlighting the body part as the agent of spiritual lapse affecting the object se {σε | se} ‘you’.

The paired aorist imperatives ekkopson {ἔκκοψον | ékkopson} ‘sever’ and bale {βάλε | bále} ‘cast away’ form an urgent injunction, with apo sou {ἀπὸ σοῦ | apó soû} ‘from yourself’ stressing total removal.

Root and etymology

Iesous🔊 Ἰησοῦςiota eta sigma omicron upsilon sigma

“Yahweh saves”

• 🔊 σωτήρsigma omega tau eta rhoSaviorMatthew 1:21
• 🔊 σώζωsigma omega zeta omegato save, deliverEphesians 2:8