ζωὴν

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ζωὴν

   zô-ÊN

   life
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 καλόν σοί ἐστιν μονόφθαλμον εἰς τὴν ζωὴν εἰσελθεῖν,

   ka-LON SOI es-tin mo-NOPH-thal-mon eis TÊN zô-ÊN ei-sel-THEIN

   good for you is one-eyed into the life to enter
3. clause🔊 καλόν σοί ἐστιν μονόφθαλμον εἰς τὴν ζωὴν εἰσελθεῖν, ἢ δύο ὀφθαλμοὺς ἔχοντα βληθῆναι εἰς τὴν γέενναν τοῦ πυρός.

   ka-LON SOI es-tin mo-NOPH-thal-mon eis TÊN zô-ÊN ei-sel-THEIN Ê DY-o oph-thal-MOUS E-khon-ta blê-THÊ-nai eis TÊN YE-en-nan TOU py-ROS

   good for you is one-eyed into the life to enter or two eyes having to be thrown into {the} Gehenna of the fire
4. sentence🔊 καὶ εἰ ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου σκανδαλίζει σε, ἔξελε αὐτὸν καὶ βάλε ἀπὸ σοῦ· καλόν σοί ἐστιν μονόφθαλμον εἰς τὴν ζωὴν εἰσελθεῖν, ἢ δύο ὀφθαλμοὺς ἔχοντα βληθῆναι εἰς τὴν γέενναν τοῦ πυρός.

   KAI ei ho oph-thal-MOS sou skan-da-LI-zei se EK-se-le au-TON KAI BA-le a-PO SOU ka-LON SOI es-tin mo-NOPH-thal-mon eis TÊN zô-ÊN ei-sel-THEIN Ê DY-o oph-thal-MOUS E-khon-ta blê-THÊ-nai eis TÊN YE-en-nan TOU py-ROS

   and if the eye your causes to stumble you pluck out it and throw from you good for you is one-eyed into the life to enter or two eyes having to be thrown into {the} Gehenna of the fire

Exegesis

The evaluative clause kalon soi estin {καλὸν σοί ἐστίν | ka-lón soí e-stín} ‘it is better for you’ introduces a contrast between the infinitival constructions monophthalmon eis ten zoen eiselthein {μονόφθαλμον εἰς τὴν ζωὴν εἰσελθεῖν} ‘to enter life with one eye’ and echonta duo ophthalmous blethenai {ἔχοντα δύο ὀφθαλμούς βληθῆναι} ‘having two eyes to be thrown’, where the passive infinitive blethenai {βληθῆναι | blē-thê-nai} ‘to be thrown’ describes the dire consequence.

Root and etymology

zaō🔊 ζάωzá-ō

“to live”

• 🔊 ζωοποιέωzōopoieōto give lifeEphesians 2:5