ἡ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ἡ

   HÊ

   the
2. clause🔊 Τίνος ἡ εἰκὼν αὕτη καὶ ἡ ἐπιγραφή;

   TI-nos HÊ ei-KÔN HAU-tê KAI HÊ e-pi-gra-PHÊ

   Whose the this image and the inscription
3. sentence🔊 καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς· Τίνος ἡ εἰκὼν αὕτη καὶ ἡ ἐπιγραφή;

   KAI LE-yei au-TOIS TI-nos HÊ ei-KÔN HAU-tê KAI HÊ e-pi-gra-PHÊ

   And he says to them Whose the this image and the inscription

Exegesis

The article he {ἡ | hē} plus eikon {εἰκὼν | ei-kôn} forms the nominal phrase “the image,” and the demonstrative haute {αὕτη | hau-tē} specifies “this particular” image, pointing deictically to the object in view (the coin).

The second coordinated phrase, kai he epigraphe {καὶ ἡ ἐπιγραφή | kaí hē e-pi-gra-phē}, parallels the first, pairing the visual feature (image) with the textual feature (inscription). In translation, the possessive interrogative “whose” is supplied for the second noun to keep clear English parallelism, while maintaining the two coordinated elements that highlight the coin’s bearer and authority.

Root and etymology

epigrapho🔊 ἐπιγράφωe-pi-gra-phō

“to write upon, inscribe”

• 🔊 ἐπιγραφήe-pi-gra-phēinscriptionMark 15:26
• 🔊 ἐπιγράφωe-pi-gra-phōto inscribeMark 15:26