οἱ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 οἱ

   HOI

   the
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 καὶ ἐξελθόντες οἱ δοῦλοι ἐκεῖνοι εἰς τὰς ὁδοὺς συνήγαγον πάντας ⸀οὓς εὗρον,

   KAI ek-sel-THON-tes HOI DOO-loi e-KEI-noi EIS TAS ho-DOOS sy-NÊ-ga-gon PAN-tas HOOS HEU-ron

   And the servants those having gone out into the roads {They} gathered all whom they found
3. clause🔊 καὶ ἐξελθόντες οἱ δοῦλοι ἐκεῖνοι εἰς τὰς ὁδοὺς συνήγαγον πάντας ⸀οὓς εὗρον, πονηρούς·

   KAI ek-sel-THON-tes HOI DOO-loi e-KEI-noi EIS TAS ho-DOOS sy-NÊ-ga-gon PAN-tas HOOS HEU-ron po-nê-ROOS

   And the servants those having gone out into the roads {They} gathered all whom they found evil
4. sentence🔊 καὶ ἐξελθόντες οἱ δοῦλοι ἐκεῖνοι εἰς τὰς ὁδοὺς συνήγαγον πάντας ⸀οὓς εὗρον, πονηρούς· τε καὶ ἀγαθούς· καὶ ἐπλήσθη ὁ ⸀γάμος ἀνακειμένων.

   KAI ek-sel-THON-tes HOI DOO-loi e-KEI-noi EIS TAS ho-DOOS sy-NÊ-ga-gon PAN-tas HOOS HEU-ron po-nê-ROOS TE KAI a-ga-THOOS KAI e-PLÊS-thê HO GA-mos a-na-kei-ME-nôn

   And the servants those having gone out into the roads {They} gathered all whom they found both evil and good and the wedding feast was filled with those reclining

Exegesis

The circumstantial participle exelthontes {ἐξελθόντες | exelthóntes} 'having gone out' precedes the main verb and describes the preliminary action of the servants, with hoi douloi ekeinoi {οἱ δοῦλοι ἐκεῖνοι | hoi doûloi ekeînoi} 'those servants' forming the marked subject, the demonstrative intensifying their identity as the specific ones just commissioned.

Root and etymology

doulos🔊 δοῦλοςdelta–omicron–upsilon–lambda–omicron–sigma

“slave, servant”

• 🔊 δουλείαdouleiaslavery, serviceRomans 8:15
• 🔊 δοῦλοςdoulosservant, slaveMatthew 20:27