Matthew 23:35:13Matt.23.35.W13TAB
τοῦ
tou
“the”
- Transliteration
- TOU
- Extended
- TOO
- IPA
- /ˈtuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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HO-pôs EL-thê eph hy-MAS PAN HAI-ma DI-kai-on ek-khyn-NO-me-non e-PI TÊS YÊS a-PO TOU HAI-ma-tos HA-bel TOU di-KAI-ou HE-ôs TOU HAI-ma-tos za-kha-RI-ou hy-OU ba-ra-KHI-ou
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HO-pôs EL-thê eph hy-MAS PAN HAI-ma DI-kai-on ek-khyn-NO-me-non e-PI TÊS YÊS a-PO TOU HAI-ma-tos HA-bel TOU di-KAI-ou HE-ôs TOU HAI-ma-tos za-kha-RI-ou hy-OU ba-ra-KHI-ou HON e-pho-NEU-sa-te me-ta-KSY TOU na-OU KAI TOU thy-si-as-tê-RI-ou
Exegesis
The range apo tou haimatos Habel tou dikaiou heōs tou haimatos Zachariou huiou Barachiou {ἀπὸ τοῦ αἵματος Ἅβελ τοῦ δικαίου ἕως τοῦ αἵματος Ζαχαρίου υἱοῦ Βαραχίου | a-pó tou haí-ma-tos Há-bel tou di-kaí-ou hé-ōs tou haí-ma-tos Za-kha-rí-ou hy-oo Ba-ra-khí-ou} is introduced with apo…heōs as a temporal-historical merism, spanning from Abel in Genesis to Zechariah in the later historical books, thereby encompassing the full story of the righteous sufferers within Israel’s Scriptures. The repeated genitive haimatos plus the names emphasizes not only the individuals but the ongoing pattern of murderous hostility toward the righteous.
The relative clause hon ephoneusate metaxu tou naou kai tou thysiastēriou {ὃν ἐφονεύσατε μεταξὺ τοῦ ναοῦ καὶ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου | hon e-fo-neú-sa-te me-ta-xý tou na-oo kaí tou thu-si-as-tē-rí-ou} further defines Zechariah as the one ‘whom you murdered’, with the second person plural verb directly implicating the current generation in continuity with their forebears. The prepositional expression metaxu tou naou kai tou thysiastēriou ‘between the temple and the altar’ pinpoints a sacred interior location, creating a stark contrast between the holiness of the setting and the violence committed there. In translation, genitive chains are rendered with prepositional and possessive constructions (“from the blood of… to the blood of…”), and the long Greek sentence is preserved as a single, flowing unit in English while slightly restructuring word order to fit natural English syntax.
Root and etymology
dekadelta–epsilon–kappa–alpha
“ten”
In context — Matthew 23:35
So that upon you may come all the righteous blood that has been poured out upon the earth , from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah , son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
About this coordinate
Matthew 23:35:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Matthew 23:35, so the Greek word τοῦ (tou) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Matt.23.35.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.23.35.W13.S1) and character.